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SLC lets down Sri Lanka by ignoring Lankan’s claim for authorship of UDRS-by Shenali D Waduge Source:Lankaweb Is it jealousy or simply a couldn’t care less attitude that stops a country from taking up a just cause on behalf of one’s own countryman who has been engaged in a lone battle almost single handedly to claim public recognition of his authorship of the player – referral rule which underlies the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) used not only in cricket but in other sports as well. All that the country, its Sports Ministry and in particular the Sri Lanka Cricket Board needs to do is to officially request the ICC ” cricket’s world’s governing body to disclose who the true author of the UDRS is or carry out an investigation taking into account Senaka Weeraratna’s evidence shown through publications over the years commencing in March 1997.  Why have both the ...