They can measure the pace of a ball then why cant they measure the spin of a ball. I think they should use the same technology or something else to measure a spin of the ball aswell. Its not really hard when you think about it. All you have to do is just know the place where the ball bounced and the ball’s postion when it was played. Then they can show the angle of the spin or some other standard. I mean they show those lbw prediction thing all the time. They could use the same technology for measuring spin , cant they??
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The Game Responds:
*Why would you want to see that? Can't you see, through your own eyes, a Shane Warne delivery that goes from outside the leg stump and flicks the off stump? You can judge how much a ball spins pretty much on your own when you see it on TV. What we really want to know is the speed of a delivery because unless you are facing a delivery, you can't really tell from the television viewing how fast a particular ball is. Simple. People, That Is All.*
Sure its pretty obviuos how much more the ball spins when murali throws the ball compared to any other spinner but isn't it pretty obviuos how fast shoaib's deliveries are compared to other pace ballers aswell??? I mean when the show the speed of a delivery thrown by a spinner , its pretty useless. His speed doesn't represent anything.
and also, isn't cricket, like baseball, a game of stats aswell?? it wouldn't hurt to add something else in the mix too.