Hot Spot fires up
Mike Coward, writing in the Australian , looks at the rise of Hot Spot, an aptly-named resource which is taking the heat out of cricket's hottest debate.
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
Mike Coward, writing in the Australian, looks at the rise of Hot Spot, an aptly-named resource which is taking the heat out of cricket's hottest debate.
Dynamic infrared red camera technology is changing the way we are watching and analysing elite cricket and it is gaining markedly wider acceptance than predictive technologies which are also in play. "This is the greatest thing about the technology. It is real and people believe it," said Warren Brennan who has spent an inestimable number of hours and dollars pioneering the application of military technology to sport.
In the same paper Peter Lalor writes about Ricky Ponting’s mum and dad, who have watched their son play in seven of his 142 Tests. They picked a good one to attend this week, with Ponting reaching 209.
"It was special to be here when something like that takes place,” his father Graeme said. “We were at his first one when he was given out on 96 and that was no fun. And we've been there when he got a century [in his 100th], but today was very special."
Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo