<p class="title">Cricket is to try using a TV umpire instead of the on-field official to call no-balls in the series between India and West Indies, following a rash of mistakes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Twenty20 and one-day games, starting with the first T20 in Hyderabad on Friday, "will be contested trialling technology to call front foot no balls", the International Cricket Council said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Throughout the trial, the third umpire will be responsible for monitoring every ball bowled and identifying whether there has been any front foot infringement," an ICC statement said on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"If there has been an infringement on the front foot, the third umpire will communicate this to the on-field umpire who will subsequently call a no-ball."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The on-field umpire usually calls front-foot no-balls, which are when the bowler's leading foot lands beyond the crease. The delivery is ruled illegal and one run is awarded to the batting side.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pressure has been building for a new approach after TV replays showed 21 no-balls were missed in two sessions on the second day of the Australia-Pakistan Test in Brisbane last month.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Trent Copeland, a former Australian player and now a television analyst, called the misses "astonishing" and said the issue had to be dealt with.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Even before the 21 no-balls, the umpires' actions had come in for question. Australian bowler Pat Cummins' dismissal of Mohammad Rizwan was upheld even though replays showed his foot was over the bowling line.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The outcomes of the trial will be used to gauge whether the system has a beneficial impact on the accuracy of no-ball decisions and whether it can be implemented while minimizing disruption to the flow of the game," the ICC said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India and West Indies will play three T20s followed by three one-day matches, which start on December 15.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's cricket board last month announced that it will experiment with a separate no-ball umpire in the Indian Premier League after controversies in the 2019 tournament.</p>.<p class="bodytext">International cricket already employs a Decision Review System, where players can challenge an umpire's decision using slow-motion replays, ball-tracking, audio and heat-sensing technology.</p>
<p class="title">Cricket is to try using a TV umpire instead of the on-field official to call no-balls in the series between India and West Indies, following a rash of mistakes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Twenty20 and one-day games, starting with the first T20 in Hyderabad on Friday, "will be contested trialling technology to call front foot no balls", the International Cricket Council said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Throughout the trial, the third umpire will be responsible for monitoring every ball bowled and identifying whether there has been any front foot infringement," an ICC statement said on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"If there has been an infringement on the front foot, the third umpire will communicate this to the on-field umpire who will subsequently call a no-ball."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The on-field umpire usually calls front-foot no-balls, which are when the bowler's leading foot lands beyond the crease. The delivery is ruled illegal and one run is awarded to the batting side.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pressure has been building for a new approach after TV replays showed 21 no-balls were missed in two sessions on the second day of the Australia-Pakistan Test in Brisbane last month.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Trent Copeland, a former Australian player and now a television analyst, called the misses "astonishing" and said the issue had to be dealt with.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Even before the 21 no-balls, the umpires' actions had come in for question. Australian bowler Pat Cummins' dismissal of Mohammad Rizwan was upheld even though replays showed his foot was over the bowling line.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The outcomes of the trial will be used to gauge whether the system has a beneficial impact on the accuracy of no-ball decisions and whether it can be implemented while minimizing disruption to the flow of the game," the ICC said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India and West Indies will play three T20s followed by three one-day matches, which start on December 15.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's cricket board last month announced that it will experiment with a separate no-ball umpire in the Indian Premier League after controversies in the 2019 tournament.</p>.<p class="bodytext">International cricket already employs a Decision Review System, where players can challenge an umpire's decision using slow-motion replays, ball-tracking, audio and heat-sensing technology.</p>