English cricket “deep-rooted” in racism, sexism, and classism, report by ICEC finds
Posted on June 27th, 2023
Cricket News
This is true not only of English Cricket but also of ICC.
Senaka Weeraratna is the inventor of DRS. Google and Wikipedia recognize him as there is no other challenger. ICC, however, is always in a state of denial when it comes to attributing due credit to the inventiveness of non-white authors.
Money talks and ICC has shut the mouth of all affiliated bodies particularly in Sri Lanka and the Indian subcontinent and the Black African and Caribbean cricketing countries from raising the issue of authorship of DRS. It would not be wrong to say that the ICC has contempt for claims of high intellectual achievement beyond the boundary of people from non-white countries.
These attitudes are rooted in a pathological condition.
Cricket commentators talk about every aspect of DRS in their commentaries except the origin of DRS. It is a taboo subject. ICC does not want its hirelings in the commentary box to mention the name of Senaka Weeraratna even as a contender despite worldwide recognition. The reason is obvious.
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When was DRS introduced in Cricket?
Senaka Weeraratna has revolutionized the game of cricket with his conception of ‘ Player Referral’ which is the substratum of DRS.
The ICC lacks integrity and intellectual honesty, and moreover lacks cogent evidence admissible in a Court of Law, to establish authorship of DRS. It is working on a pure bluff in the hope that the true author of DRS, Senaka Weeraratna, will get fed up and withdraw from further engagement in a ‘ David and Goliath’ contest in a scenario where the ‘ Spirit of Cricket’ is markedly absent.
Shame on ICC
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