Long-time advocate of greater use of technology in umpiring decisions, New Zealand Cricket's umpiring manager Brian Aldridge was delighted with the success of experimentation at the ICC Champions Trophy tournament.

Aldridge said the experiment in Colombo had been on a largely "suck it and see" basis but it had proven worthwhile, and the concern that too much time would be consumed in referring to the third umpire had been groundless as no decision took more than a minute.

"The two facets of the leg before wicket assistance, based on where the ball pitched, and what it hit, were great, but it was obvious the technology is not good enough yet for some caught behinds or doubtful catches," he said.

Apart from showing how much more refinement is needed in capturing those aspects on video, it also proved just how hard it had been for umpires to make decisions in the past.

"It is great to have it. I do hope the International Cricket Council keep experimenting," he said.

Aldridge said the experimentation in Colombo had arisen from technology companies getting interested in what were technical aspects of the game, and he hoped more interest might stir the same, or other, companies to look at less clear areas of filming.

He said there was still a concern about whether players still wanted to have the traditions of the game maintained.

If that was the case then there would have to be a greater acceptance from players and portions of the media that umpires were capable of making mistakes.

But at the same time if the players opted for decisions as correct as possible through use of technology then there was the prospect that even elite panels would still ask for confirmation in decision-making.

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