he cricket committee this year said, we want to look at something to assist the umpires with calling no-balls, because weve had the two incidences where no-balls were called and a wicket has fallen - and you can

Two incidents this year of a no-ball being wrongly called and denying a bowler a wicket in a Test match were behind the ICCs decision to trial handing the process over to the third umpire. Adrian Griffith, the ICCs senior manager for umpires and referees, said that the ICC Cricket Committee had subsequently asked for the issue to be looked at and suggested it could be the next step in making the third umpire a specialist position.In Wellington, where Doug Bracewell bowled Adam Voges, who was on 7 at the time and made 239, then at Lords, where Nuwan Pradeep did the same to Alex Hales, an erroneous call of no-ball by the standing umpire prevented the legitimate fall of a wicket - the latter sparking a protest from the visitors dressing room. It is to remove such occurrences from the game that during Englands ODI series with Pakistan over the next fortnight a system using fixed cameras and an electronic signal sent to the on-field umpires will be assessed by the ICC.Informal tests of how the technology would work have been carried out during the English summer and it will now be put into action in live match situations, to assess the effect on the third umpires workload and to address any unforeseen issues before taking the proposals forward.The cricket committee this year said, we want to look at something to assist the umpires with calling no-balls, because weve had the two incidences where no-balls were called and a wicket has fallen - and you cant reverse it, Griffith told ESPNcricinfo. The cricket committee has said we want to look at something and this is what weve put forward to look at. And well trial it and go back with our findings.In the games that have been played in England, with Sri Lanka and now Pakistan, weve been looking at systems to see how it would work, weve had our third umpire sit there and try it out. So we got some feedback on that and we got the sense, yes, it could work. But unless we put it in a live game we really wouldnt know what it can do, what the limitations are. So first we check the technology and now we put it in a real, live trial. Marais Erasmus and Simon Fry will be the two men taking turns in the TV umpires chair during the forthcoming series and getting to grips with the system. They will see a live feed of each delivery, followed 1.5 seconds later by a shot of the front foot landing; if after consulting replays it is determined a no-ball has bee