TECHNOLOGY IN SPORTS: CRICKET
TECHNOLOGY IN SPORTS: CRICKET So as we are approaching the ICC worldcup which will be hosted by India this year, let us address one of the very common questions that most people get while watching this sport. How do the umpires use Snicko and Hotspot? SNICKO: The Snickometer, more commonly called the Snicko, or as we call it, the Ultra-edge, is used to check whether the ball has edged the bat or glove in some way, during the judgement of dismissals of Leg Before Wicket, or Caught behind. The Snickometer was invented by English computer scientist Allan Plaskett in the mid-1990s. The snickometer was introduced by Channel 4 in the UK, who also introduced the Hawk-Eye and the Red Zone, in 1999. So how does this work? The Snickometer uses a very sensitive mic attached to the stumps which is connected to an oscilloscope that measures the sound waves. The mic captures the sound at the moment when the ball nicks the bat. The sound is amplified and filtered out to certain frequencies using