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By Oliver Brett
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 Spectators at Test matches are becoming used to DRS
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The International Cricket Council is expected to confirm on Thursday that the umpire decision review system (DRS) will be used in next year's World Cup.
But DRS, used in some Tests, will not be trialled in one-day internationals before the ICC's flagship tournament begins next February in south Asia.
The ICC may pay for some broadcasting costs to ensure all 49 World Cup games get DRS technology as standard.
The system allows for players to "appeal" against on-field decisions.
The ICC will formally announce its plans at the end of its annual conference in Singapore.
However, it has already signalled its intention to adopt DRS across all Tests and the World Cup following recommendations from two of its internal committees.
The review system was introduced as a trial in June 2008. Teams are permitted two opportunities per innings to contest an on-field decision, losing a challenge for an unsuccessful review.
One of the most contentious issues has been the reluctance of some home cricket boards to pay for the necessary infrastructure supplied by host broadcasters, while some series have not had access to certain technologies.
In such instances, DRS has been shelved.
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But DRS has been further dogged by the apparent failure of the third umpire, who reviews the video evidence, to come up with the same verdict as those suggested by television pundits.
Interviewed ahead of the Singapore conference, ICC general manager David Richardson acknowledged that the cost issue of DRS had to be addressed.
"Where the advertising generated by the broadcaster is quite low, to limit his costs of production the broadcaster may ask the member country to provide full costs of ball-tracking [as supplied by Hawk-Eye] which is about $60,000 (£40,000)," Richardson told BBC Sport.
He added that most contracts between broadcasters and ICC member countries pre-dated the advent of DRS.
Getting its World Cup broadcaster, ESPN Star Sports, to agree to provide the necessary technology is also vitally important for the ICC, as the current deal between the two parties does not cover DRS.
 There was no DRS in place when Australia won the 2007 World cup
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Four television units will be used to broadcast matches across India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh - and all would need the necessary equipment.
Asked whether the ICC itself might have to pay for some of the costs involved, Richardson said: "The main consideration in Singapore will be to consider what sort of contribution cricket might need to make towards those costs and allocate the necessary funds accordingly."
Teams such as Zimbabwe, Netherlands and Ireland, who will all take part in the World Cup, have never used DRS. Nor will there be time to trial the system in any pre-World Cup ODIs.
But Richardson said: "The cricket committee debated that issue and felt the risk would be quite small."
Asked to comment on whether he felt DRS had been a success in Test matches, he said: "I think it's worked quite well, particularly the predictive element of the ball-tracking device."
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