Bob Woolmer endorses Hawkeye
Bob Woolmer has written an excellent piece on the technology debate running on wicket-to-wicket.
He makes the point that Hawkeye would bring a consistency to LBW decisions that is currrently lacking. I hope his views (and specifically his suggestion to host a tournament with all the tech toys being used) gain momentum within the ICC.
The headline is key to this article as well. “Improve the game!”, and I believe it genuinely would. But then I’ve been bleating on about this for a while.
Posted: October 28th, 2005 under Technology.
Comments: 3
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Comment from Zainub
Time: October 28, 2005, 10:05 pm
Hack Eye is IMHO a flawed technology … I don’t have a lot of time for it. I’m firmly, to this date, in the romantic/dyed-in-the-wool Luddite camp … very much leaning towards Duncan Fletcher’s appeal against an appeal idea …although the idea the you could challenge an umpire (a character in the game I keep in very high respects) does sound a bit strange - sounds better then Hawk Eye though, I’m not in favor of it at all. It’s the worst thing that happened to cricket broadcasting after Arun Lal’s commentary.
Comment from Chris
Time: October 29, 2005, 9:28 pm
I can’t argue that Hawkeye is perfect, by definition the technology is predicting an event that does not happen (ball hitting stumps) but I am convinced the technology exists to calculate the likelihood better than human judgement as an aid to the umpires that I too hold in high regard.
Comment from Bonifacius
Time: April 13, 2006, 4:06 am
Great article. I am just sad I dont know how to reply properly, though, since I want to show my appreciation like many other.
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