Cricket Australia (CA) will return to the voting of an expert panel to decide the man-of-the-match award following the controversy over the second Test against New Zealand.
Mobile phone and tablet app users shunned Black Caps quick Doug Bracewell's match figures of 9 for 60 and voted Australia's David Warner as best player for his unbeaten 123 in the losing side's second innings.
Bracewell polled just 27 per cent of the vote to Warner's 58 in the poll.
"We were always running a bit of a trial for these two Tests with those man-of-the-match awards," CA chief James Sutherland said.
"But we will definitely revert to an expert's choice for that decision about man-of-the-match.
"We will still run what the fans think. It has worked really well with the (viewers' choice) application and the television.
"It's something really ahead of its time and I'm sure we'll see it in other sports as well in the future."
A sheepish Warner said in his acceptance speech that Bracewell's bowling had been fantastic.
The man-of-the-match award was more clear-cut in the first Test against New Zealand in Brisbane where Australian pace bowler James Pattinson played a starring role in the home side's victory.
Australia host India for a four-Test series starting on Boxing Day at the MCG.
AAP
Tags: cricket, sport, hobart-7000, tas, australia, new-zealand First posted December 14, 2011 16:15:51
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