Positive Impacts
- Improves equity among the players through more accurate decision making. With numerous technological resources available to used by the umpires to make decisions when they are unsure (such as the snicko) improves equity between the teams as there is no debate on the final verdict due to these technologies.
- Improved gear allows players to increase their level of play. With the ever-changing gear technologies such as the improved cricket bats allow the players to increase their standard of play as these technologies allow them to achieve more on the playing field, more specifically for a batsmen, improving his/her batting average.
- Decision Referral System allows the players to contest the umpires decision with the use of the decision making technologies. The DRS further improves equity among the players due to the fact that if the players feel as though the umpire has made the wrong decision, with the ability to contest this decision, the correct verdict is reached hence improving equity.
- Using the hawk eye technology in terms of analysing a bowlers over can help individuals see if their balls are reaching their required destination. The bowler can also analyse his over to see what type of balls give away the most runs hence allowing him/herself to minimise these types of balls therefore improving his/her standard of play.
Negative Impacts
- Knowing that millions of people are watching you due to the live broadcast through the cameras can sometimes throw players off as they might be nervous due to the pressure build-up as they have to perform for everyone watching. This can nerve the players, disallowing them to perform at their fullest.
- Not all countries that are involved with cricket have the budget to adopt some of the technologies hence putting them at a disadvantage when coming up against teams with an increased budget and access to specific cricketing technologies.
- With the broadcast of the sport producing revenue, many services that a required to watch cricket usually cost money and sometimes this cost isn't affordable by everyone hence limiting who is able and unable to watch and enjoy the game.
- With increased gambling advertisements and kiosks present at the stadiums, encourages the viewers to spend they're money on a high risk investment such as gambling.