Delhi: A controversy broke out on the last day of the fourth Test match between India and Australia when Yashasvi Jaiswal was caught out by the third umpire. From the visuals it seemed that the ball had made contact with his bat or gloves, but the snicko meter showed no movement. Indian fans got angry at this and some even called the Australian team cheaters.
no movement in snico meter
Warren Brennan, founder of Snico technology, said that ultra-edge (Snico) technology sometimes cannot catch light contact. According to him, when the batsman’s bat lightly touches the ball, as happens in glance shots, then no sound is heard in the snicko meter. Snicko’s specialty is not to catch light touches, but it usually shows more pronounced contact.
hot spot technology better
“Hot spot technology is better than Snico when it comes to light touch,” Brennan said. Hot Spot uses an infrared camera to measure the heat generated due to friction at that spot, which detects whether the bat or glove has made contact with the ball. If hot spots had been used, more clear evidence could have been found when Yashasvi was out.”
Warren Brennan, whose company BBG Sports operates Snicko, has explained to @codecricketau why there was no spike as the ball appeared to move past Yashasvi Jaiswal’s glove.
“That was one of the glance-shots where there isn’t any noise so Snicko shows nothing only ambient noise,”…
— Daniel Cherny (@DanielCherny) December 30, 2024
Declining use of hot spots
Brennan also said that questions have been raised before about the accuracy of the hot spot system. In 2013, he said that the coating and tape on the bat can deceive the snicko technique and hence give inaccurate signals. After this the use of hot spot decreased and now it is not used much in international cricket.
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