%0 Journal Article %T What Technology Says About Decision %A Ram Shivakumar %J Journal of Sports Economics %@ 1552-7794 %D 2018 %R 10.1177/1527002516657218 %X We assemble and analyze a novel data set that provides evidence on the quality of decision-making by on-field umpires and teams in the sport of cricket. The decision review system, introduced in November 2009, gives teams a limited right to challenge an on-field umpire¡¯s decision. Of the 1,201 on-field umpire decisions that were challenged in test matches by nine playing teams between 2009 and 2014, 310 (25.81%) were reversed by a 3rd umpire. Controlling for several match and team characteristics, logistic regressions show that (1) leg before wicket (LBW) and caught decisions that are ruled ¡°out¡± by the on-field umpire are more likely to be reversed than decisions that are ruled ¡°not out¡±; (2) for both LBW and caught decisions, home and away teams are equally likely to win a 3rd umpire reversal %K cricket %K 3rd umpire %K challenge %K caught %K DRS (decision review system) %K LBW %K logistic regression %K odds ratio %K on-field umpire %K reversed %K upheld %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1527002516657218