LAHORE, July 20: Test captains have opposed the proposal of use of technology to assist umpires in adjudging leg before decisions, Pakistan skipper Waqar Younis said Saturday.

Waqar observed that it would complicate matters and the umpires would become more dependent on the technology.

He said the proposal, that would be experimented during September’s ICC Champions Trophy, would further slow the proceedings as each time the appeal would be referred to the third umpire.

“Already the teams struggle to complete 50 overs in the stipulated time and if this is also introduced, that would make it difficult for teams that rely on fast bowlers,” he said.

Waqar, who represented Pakistan in the captains conference at Lord’s earlier this week, said the International Cricket Council (ICC) admitted the point but still decided to go-ahead with the experimentation.

The paceman, however, said the ICC has agreed in principle to include at least one current Test captain in the rules committee.

The Pakistan captain said during the meeting, he met his Indian counterpart Saurav Ganguly and persuaded him to convince his board on the revival of cricket between the two countries.

“But as always, he expressed his helplessness over the scenario saying it was entirely upto the Indian government on the revival of cricket,” he said.

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