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England mustn't grumble about reviews, says Flower
ANDY FLOWER has serious misgivings with the decision review system but accepts England cannot afford to spend their series against South Africa grumbling about it.
The England coach is put off by "illogical" elements to the International Cricket Council's new procedure to try to reduce to a minimum bad decisions in Test matches.
The system is already generating controversy – specifically so far on day three of the first Test at Centurion when Stuart Broad was given out after a 33-second delay as South Africa pondered whether to challenge an initial not-out lbw decision.
Flower said: "I personally don't like it much. I don't like the questioning of the umpires in the middle by the players and the stoppages it produces."
Flower and his charges were today stepping up their preparations for the second Test, due to start on Boxing Day at Kingsmead, with the DRS.
"Certainly it's going to stay for this series," Flower added. "So there's no point in us grumbling about it. We've just get to get on with it and make sure we deal with it efficiently."
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