England vs Australia
June–July 2023
The 2023 Ashes produced a succession of DRS controversies around edge detection — Hotspot and Snicko contradicting each other in critical moments — exposing the continued limitations of ball-tracking and edge-detection technology in high-stakes Test cricket.
Various
1 January 2017
The 'Umpire's Call' element of DRS, where marginal LBW decisions are upheld even when ball-tracking shows the ball hitting the stumps, has been one of cricket's most divisive ongoing controversies.
England vs Australia
July-August 2013
The Hot Spot infrared technology was shown to be unreliable during the 2013 Ashes, failing to detect clear edges and undermining confidence in DRS.
ICC vs Players and Fans
2009-11-01
The 'Umpire's Call' component of DRS — which upholds on-field decisions when the ball is clipping the stumps — was introduced to protect umpire authority but has been consistently criticised for producing outcomes that seem to contradict the purpose of technological review.
BCCI vs ICC and Rest of Cricket
2009-11-01
The BCCI's refusal to use the Decision Review System in India home Tests from 2009 to 2016 — citing technology reliability concerns but widely attributed to opposition to any challenge to umpiring decisions — created a two-tier international cricket system where the sport's most commercially powerful nation played by different rules.
India vs Various / ICC Governance
24 November 2008
India refused to use the Decision Review System for nearly eight years after its introduction, citing concerns about the technology's reliability, while critics accused the BCCI of blocking progress.