DRS to be used for the first time in women's cricket

The ICC Women’s World Cup that is scheduled to begin from June 24 will use the Decision Review System (DRS) for the first time in the history of women’s cricket. The DRS will be used in some matches throughout the tournament.

It will come into play for the first time on Saturday when England meet India in Derby, while Australia will first experience the technology when they meet England on June 9 or India on July 12. The introduction of this game-changing technology will allow players for the first time to use reviews. It will also be used during the knockout phase of the tournament.

The Indian eves will kickstart their World Cup campaign in a derby against the Three Lions on June 24. The Mithali Raj-led Indian side will meet England at County Ground in Derby for their opener. The tournament will be played in Round Robin format where all eight teams will play each other once before the knockout stages.

Speaking about the modern technology, Australia skipper Meg Lanning revealed, “We’ve done a little bit of practice back home in Australia with myplayXplay, which shows the replays and whether we should have reviewed or not,” Lanning said from Leicester, where Australia are playing World Cup warm-up matches this week.

“I’ve watched a lot of men’s cricket and DRS and how that works, so we think we’re all over it. But we won’t know until we get the chance, I think England is our first chance with the DRS. Hopefully, we’ve got the procedures in place and we’ll get the reviews right.”

Women’s cricket has already garnered plenty of followers and the introduction of DRS is certainly a step in the right direction. The DRS is a tricky piece of technology and needs a thorough understanding of the rule to use it for the team’s benefit. However, it remains to be seen how the women get on, in their first tryst with the technology.