The decision to use technology in lbw decisions may not have pleased the purists, but Sanath Jayasuriya came out in support of the move after Sri Lanka's first match of the tournament, against Pakistan. Sri Lanka became the first team to benefit from the experiment, when Shoaib Malik was adjudged lbw to Chaminda Vaas after Daryl Harper consulted the third umpire to check if the ball had pitched in line with the stumps. "It was a good decision," said Jayasuriya. "It was hundred percent correct. Now, there won't be any wrong decisions if the ball pitches outside the leg stump."

Mike Procter, the match referee, agreed with Jayasuriya. "The trial was pretty good. There were a lot of positives. It went off well today. We can learn a lot from this tournament."

ICC has stated that a decision on continuing with this experiment will be taken after seeing its effectiveness in this tournament. "If it works we'll consider it further. If it doesn't, we'll think of a change," said Malcolm Speed. "We don't want to slow down the game."

According to Dave Richardson, it took 60 seconds for the umpires to rule out Malik. "We'll try to cut it down to 40 seconds. It then won't slow down the game. In theory it went well. There were some practical difficulties. The noise from the stands was an interference, but it was a good experiment."

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