Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad has criticised the International Cricket Council's plan to allow players to make appeals to the third umpire. The ICC Champions Trophy in India could see appeals if players believe the on-field umpire has got it wrong.
"This will complicate things. It basically sends a message to the umpires 'we don't have confidence in you,'" said Miandad.
The recommendation was made by the ICC's cricket committee in Dubai.
And it is now set to be ratified in July in London.
But Miandad, who played 124 Tests and 233 one-day internationals from 1975 to 1996, said leg before decisions were impossible to get right all of the time, even with the aid of television.
"The technology is not always correct and there is no relevancy between a umpire taking a decision in a fraction of a second and these later shown in slow motion," he said.
Players would be allowed three appeals per innings to the third umpire if they dispute a decision.
But former captain Rashid Latif backed the right to appeal.
"It will help in sorting out leg before decisions where there is an inside edge, or on catches that come off the pad," he said.
"One poor decision can change the outcome of a match and affect a player's career."
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Umpires at international level already get between 94% and 96% of decisions correct