BCCI begins to trial ā€˜camera spottingā€™ of no-balls

BCCI begins to trial ā€˜camera spottingā€™ of no-balls

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BCCI is working over-time to ensure that the umpires have the added help of technology to improve calls on front foot no-balls ahead of the IPL 2020. BCCI has started the trial in the recently-concluded series against Bangladesh and will continue to test it in the upcoming West Indies series.

The Indian board are currently testing ā€˜camera spottingā€™ to call front foot no-balls before the technology would be implemented in the 2020 edition of the IPL. The operation began just prior to the series against Bangladesh, with the board sweating over time to include the technology for the 2020 season.Ā 

It will be the run-out camera that the board will use to pick the no-balls allowing umpires to not miss the landing of the bowlerā€™s feet, which came under the scanner in the previous edition of the IPL. Further, the landing area was a constant feature and a talking point in Australiaā€™s series against Pakistan where as many as 21 no-balls were missed in under 2 days of the game.Ā 

"Yes, it is a work in progress. IPL has always stood for innovation. Our endeavour is to make sure that every season of the IPL sees new technology come in and helps in the progress of the game. More importantly, why should a player suffer if technology can help erase the issue?ā€ said BCCIā€™s joint secretary Jayesh George.Ā 

"In the past, we have seen that the front-foot no-ball is a grey area and I am of the view that technology which can help in detecting front-foot no-balls can be put to use. Massive testing is being done and it will continue in the West Indies series as well," he explained further.Ā 

The cameras are capable of picking as many as 300 frames per second. This frame could further be zoomed to take the right decisions. The idea was initially discussed in the Governing Council meeting earlier in the year.Ā 

"We want to use the technology. We are having another umpire for only observing no-balls. There will be an umpire, who will be focused on no-balls only. And he will not be third or fourth umpire,ā€ a member of the Governing Council concluded.Ā Ā 

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