Using technology to noball chucking.

Harsha says that Shoaib should get tested. In addition he says that some other bowlers like Murali, etc look quite suspicious. He also makes a comment similar to my earlier post about hyperextension. I believe that people getting tested after the match, in net conditions, at the University of Western Australia or wherever and getting their names cleared there does not make them fair bowlers.


We have the ultra slow motion technology, which can without doubt conclude one way or the other about every delivery. I believe that this technology can and should be used and used to call the ball a no-ball. The ICC should forget about banning the bowler. Banning the bowler makes no sense. A bowler getting 5 wickets by chucking still gets to keep those wickets and the results still stands. In addition, the bowler may have perfected the art of getting tested. He may have various actions for each of his deliveries for use in match conditions and test conditions. In the case of young bowlers like Shabbir Ahmed it also severely affects their careers. The solution I believe is using the slow motion cameras and calling the ball as a no ball there and then itself and closing the matter.


You may now question and say that analysing each ball would take a lot of time and disrupt the flow of the game. This is where, I believe, technology can help. As a software developer, I know it is quite simple to measure the angles between lines using a software. The ultra motion could be taken and fed into a software. The software would measure the angle before the arm raises above the shoulder level. This would be the base angle. Regardless of hyperextension or any other deformity. The angle measured would be the angle at the elbow. Then the software would measure the angle at each frame. I in any frame after the base frame, the angle is more than 15 degrees or whatever the ICC decides, a nobal can be indicated.The process may seem like an involved process and seems like it would take quite a lot of time. But I can assure that the computer can calculate this and spew out the result before the bowler can finish his follow through. There could be another light similar to the red and green ones(big one if needed) to indicate no balls. A no ball is indicated and the game moves on.


I believe that the above is a fair solution. But, do I think that the ICC would be bold enough to even think about it? For an answer one need only look at how ICC has used Hawkeye.