“While we are disappointed that the full DRS will not be used to support the umpires, we are pleased that the ECB and BCCI have worked hard to ensure the minimum DRS is used in this much anticipated series,” ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said. -File photo

LONDON: Players will not be able to appeal leg before decisions during India's tour of England after the Indian board (BCCI) objected to the use of ball tracking technology, the International Cricket Council said on Wednesday.

The ICC excluded the technology from the mandatory requirements for the Decision Review System (DRS) at its annual meeting in Hong Kong last month.

The BCCI had been opposing DRS's mandatory use in all test and one-day internationals as it felt the ball-tracking technology was “unreliable” but the ICC's new version finally won the Indian board over.

The minimum standards of infra-red technology and stump microphones will be used during the tour, which starts on Thursday at Lord's and includes four tests, five one-day internationals and a lone twenty20 match.

“While we are disappointed that the full DRS will not be used to support the umpires, we are pleased that the ECB and BCCI have worked hard to ensure the minimum DRS is used in this much anticipated series,” ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said in a statement.

“It is common knowledge that the ICC and ECB would have liked ball tracking to have been included so that LBW decisions could have also been reviewed, but the last chief executives committee and board meeting in Hong Kong agreed to independently confirm the accuracy of ball-tracking technology.

“This will now take place as a matter of urgency.”

Both boards are required to agree if the ball tracking technology has to be included in DRS, as per ICC regulations.