Cricket Season Thread

[TheDaBoss]

Wil Pucovski has suffered another (number 10) concussion in the nets.

Very concerning for his future, and most likely won't be available for the start of the Ashes.

Far out

Very annoying

 

[happy_tiger]

This just blows me away!

Check out:
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/cricket-2021-new-smartball-cricket-tech-that-could-change-the-game-forever/news-story/2aec290148bbe7bf567ddb3f749140c6?fbclid=IwAR2Vl4ZiWigH1cyXPZChRGaUgU0ZY5yG7HEMGolWbsTtPYsLA-hlH0kHWdk


(And have a look at the video attached to the article - unbelievable!)


Cricket 2021: New SmartBall cricket tech that could change the game forever

Former Test fast bowler Michal Kasprowicz has labelled it the biggest cricket innovation in 30 years, and it has already blown away one league.

Former Test fast bowler Michael Kasprowicz calls it the most innovative piece of cricket technology he has seen in 30 years in the game.

A game-changing SmartBall that was developed in a Gold Coast garage and powered by a Brisbane-based tech company is set to revolutionise cricket in Australia with an ability to give real-time data analysis of a bowler’s delivery via a microchip implanted deep in the ball.

Fox Cricket General Manager Matt Weiss has kept an eye on the product’s development and believes the SmartBall will one day add to “the storytelling of cricket” by allowing viewers to understand more about how a bowler uses the ball to confuse a batsman.

“It’s a really impressive piece of technology and we are always looking for new innovations that add layers to the storytelling of the game,” Weiss said.

“We are right behind it. I’m sure Cricket Australia will be very keen to get it into the BBL as a next step down the track.

“Ball-tracking like ‘Hawk-Eye’ started out as broadcasting innovation and ended up umpiring the game, so there’s no end to where this ball could end up.”

The brainchild of Sportcor founder and CEO Ben Tattersfield, the SmartBall produces a data stream of ball speeds and spin measures from a movement sensor tightly cradled inside the cork core of a premium Kookaburra Turf ball.

Data scientists at Brisbane tech company Biarri, where Kasprowicz is co-founder, provide the expertise to get the data from the ball into a mobile phone in real time.

“This is the best bit of sport tech I’ve come across in 30 years in cricket as a player and administrator because it is for the player,” Kasprowicz said.

“Instant feedback is so important. We had the ball used in the CPL and we blew away a couple of groups who used our ball for the first time in elite competition.

“We are empowering cricketers and giving them another level of understanding that has never existed.”

Biarri’s Head of Analytics Evan Shellshear said the SmartBall’s ability to provide immediate data via a mobile phone app made it an ideal training tool.

“It’s instant feedback to a bowler or coach via a phone app seconds later,” Shellshear said. “For example, a player can use the information on ball speed at release, spin at release or revolutions post-bounce to improve their technique.

“The secret sauce to this cricket ball from Sportcor has been being able to put something in the centre of the cricket ball that didn’t change any of its characteristics.

“That was a big challenge ... getting some electronics in there to measure what’s happening to the ball and also transferring that data off the ball.”

More than 300 SmartBalls were used in the 33 T20 matches of the Caribbean Premier League in August and September, while commentators used the data during Brisbane Premier League matches in Queensland last month.

Cricket Australia sports science officer Rian Crowther said they would look to use the SmartBall to identify junior talent.

“We’re hopeful of using it in youth championships later this summer because we feel the data will really help with talent identification,” Crowther said.

“It puts a match context to how people perform and manipulate with their spin bowling, for example, because the ball can measure speed out of the hand and revolutions on the ball post-bounce.

“That’s a high-performance application, but imagine seeing the data of (leg-spinner) Rashid Khan’s subtle manipulations on the ball through an over on TV.

“Personally, I’d love to see it in more major competitions.”

Kasprowicz said the SmartBall could also help explain the finer elements of fast bowling, not just spin.

“No one has ever been able to interpret the ‘heavy ball’, in essence that ball that comes onto the batter a bit quicker and seems to have a bit more bounce,” Kasprowicz said.

“We have capacity for a power algorithm to measure watts on release. Maybe, we’ve cracked the code to measure the heavy ball.”

Weiss would be excited to know who the most powerful hitter of the ball is in the game.

”A lot of stats are bowler-based,” Weiss said.

“A point is coming where this ball can also read power off the bat and that’s exciting.”

Kasperwicz was an underrated bowler ......I think at times he was that good batsmen weren't good enough to get a bat on it

 

[Pascoes_barber]

Kasperwicz was an underrated bowler ......I think at times he was that good batsmen weren't good enough to get a bat on it

Any other era he probably would've played 60+ test matches. Then again, he was still good enough to make it into the greatest Australian team ever seen.

 

[Pascoes_barber]

Bad news re James Pattinson 🙁
Injuries force Australia's James Pattinson to retire from test cricket
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-20/australias-james-pattinson-retires-from-test-cricket/100555060

 

[Tiger_Steve]

So in the warm up match:
- Finch out cheap
- Marsh pushes hard at a ball and nicks off first ball
- maxwell gets a start then gets out

Who’d have thought eh?

 

[KingRobbie]

So in the warm up match:
- Finch out cheap
- Marsh pushes hard at a ball and nicks off first ball
- maxwell gets a start then gets out

Who’d have thought eh?

Would love to see him tear it up once the real thing starts but I hate being sucked in by the "Mitch Marsh (or Shawn for that matter) is in career-best form" talk.

Happens every 1 or 2 summers at least and lets me down every time.

 

[happy_tiger]

So in the warm up match:
- Finch out cheap
- Marsh pushes hard at a ball and nicks off first ball
- maxwell gets a start then gets out

Who’d have thought eh?

Would love to see him tear it up once the real thing starts but I hate being sucked in by the "Mitch Marsh (or Shawn for that matter) is in career-best form" talk.

Happens every 1 or 2 summers at least and lets me down every time.

I can't see us getting out of the group stages ......

 

[Merlot]

bah hum bug bring on the bodyline,think cricket is on the same projectory as rugbyunion,all opinions n feedback welcome,lol.WestTigers till i die

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Bad news re James Pattinson 🙁
Injuries force Australia's James Pattinson to retire from test cricket
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-20/australias-james-pattinson-retires-from-test-cricket/100555060

One of those guys we'll never know what could have really been. Injury free he probably would have taken 350-400 Test wickets. Every time summer rolled around he was guaranteed to break down.

 

[Pascoes_barber]

Bad news re James Pattinson 🙁
Injuries force Australia's James Pattinson to retire from test cricket
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-20/australias-james-pattinson-retires-from-test-cricket/100555060

One of those guys we'll never know what could have really been. Injury free he probably would have taken 350-400 Test wickets. Every time summer rolled around he was guaranteed to break down.

I held out the (probably naive) hope that we'd get to see him play for 3 or 4 summers. He should be able to make a decent living doing the T20 tournaments without breaking at least.

 

[TheDaBoss]

At least Zampa isnt bald anymore

 

[TheDaBoss]

Aus first ball 9pm

Wooo

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Windies are good value. A lot of big hitters in their team

 

[Geo]

The Storms have screwed up my Foxtel

 

[jadtiger]

The Storms have screwed up my Foxtel

Where do you live?Are you on satellite?

 

[happy_tiger]

The Storms have screwed up my Foxtel

Which Melbourne players .....

Don't worry ..we aren't home ...technically we are already 3 fa ...Warner ...Marsh...Stoinis are already out .....

 

[Tiger_Steve]

Just saw our batting line up. 120 could be enough for SA

 

[happy_tiger]

Starc picked for his batting obviously

 

[happy_tiger]

How many runs Warner get .....3

 

[Tiger_Steve]

Extras are batting well!