Industry insiders said the replays were being shown at the wrong angle, making it impossible for viewers and spectators to see if the ball had crossed the line.
The R&A will continue to allow evidence brought by armchair viewers or spectators on the grounds that it is in the best interests of the game that all available evidence is used in order to reach the correct decision.
While Ms Sotnikova's style may have appeared over the top to Western viewers, the spectators in the arena went wild a reaction that even impartial judges would have had to make a conscious effort to ignore.
Rugby is often noted for the authority referees possess on the field and conversations between players and officials are broadcast to viewers and spectators.
"This initiative is part of ICC's efforts to make umpiring more understandable to viewers and spectators," said the governing body.
Foster's gets the right to display its blue and gold logo in front of the more than 600 million TV viewers and track spectators who watch the annual event.
In future, the scheduling should not make such demands on players, spectators or viewers.
Commentators, spectators, television viewers, line judges, everyone could see the balls were good, everyone, apparently, except Alves.
The Web viewers joined the 50,000 spectators seated at the concert, in Twickenham Stadium in southwest London.
There is received wisdom that British players put spectators and viewers at home through the emotional wringer.
For many spectators and viewers, they have been an astonishing introduction to the athletic feats of people with amputations, severe spinal injuries, learning difficulties and blindness.
