ICC introducing Wearable iPad technology to test suspect bowling actions - Cricket News Update
International Cricket Council (ICC), the game’s governing body, has announced its plans to introduce biomechanical testing to scrutinize bowlers with a suspect bowling action.
The initiative would mean that wearable technology, usually found in iPads, will be used with ‘inertial sensors’ attached to a bowler’s arm (elbow-joints) to assess the legality of the action.
“The ICC is now working with experts to produce a process capable of measuring bowlers’ actions in a match environment,” an http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 statement said.
ICC has permitted a tolerance limit of 15 degrees’ bend to a bowler’s arm - a relaxation that has already come under considerable scrutiny from cricketing experts. The governing body has however, announced its willingness to invest in the technology and
is now working with an Australian scientific consortium to develop the system which can be worn by the suspected bowlers during matches.
“The ICC has entered the second phase of an agreement with a consortium of high-profile Australian cricket, sports science and sports engineering institutions to develop a wearable technology to assess the legality of bowling actions in match and training
conditions,” it said.
Former spearheads http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Muralitharan-c1864 were all suspected for ‘throwing’ or ‘chucking’, but later cleared due to the existing arm-joint deformity or on the basis of the tolerance limit.
Currently, Pakistan’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453 are the most prominent bowlers who have been questioned on several occasions in their careers. At present, any bowler reported with a suspicious bowling action is required to attend ICC-approved
biomechanics laboratory.
“It is planned the technology will be light, cost-effective and wearable on the bowler’s arm and will not hinder performance, while still allowing information about the throw-like features of an illegal action to be assessed in near real-time in both match
and training environments,” the statement further read.
The technology will be introduced in three phases, first it would be used at the junior level to help identify early problems in the bowling action, the second phase which will conclude late next year and will oversee further development in the technology,
while the last phase will start from 2014, which will focus on making it comfortable for the players.
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