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According to a report on Tuesday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) plans to implement the Smart Replay System in the next Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 in an effort to improve decision-making speed and accuracy.
According to an ESPNcricinfo article, the TV umpire will have access to more visuals than he did before, including split-screen views, thanks to the Smart Replay System.
With the Smart Replay System, the TV umpire will get views from eight of Hawk-Eye’s high-speed cameras across the ground straight from two Hawk-Eye operators who will be seated in the same room as the umpire.
“The TV broadcast director, who until now was a conduit between the third umpire and the Hawk-Eye operators, will no longer be involved under the new system,” the report said.
Additionally, according to ESPNcricinfo, a two-day session on the new method was held by BCCI for a select group of umpires on Sunday and Monday in Mumbai. It has been discovered that during the 2024 Indian Premier League, which begins on March 22, about 15 umpires—including both foreign and Indian umpires—will utilize the Smart Replay System.
Every game features eight Hawk-Eye cameras: two on each side of the square leg and two along the straight boundary on each side of the pitch. Ball tracking and Ultra Edge were the main applications for Hawk-Eye cameras prior to IPL 2023.
Thus, aside from evaluating LBWs and edges, the broadcaster primarily used their own camera video for any on-field referral.
Referrals for stumpings, run-outs, catches, and overthrows will all be included in the new Smart Replay System. The TV umpire will use the Smart Review System to request to view the split screen from the Hawk-Eye operators following a stumping referral.
TV umpire tri-vision, which is essentially a single frame of film from both side-on and front-on cameras, will be displayed for stumpings using the new technology.
It is likely that the TV umpire’s and the Hawk-Eye operator’s talks will be shown live, giving viewers a better understanding of the reasoning behind the choices.
The ECB has previously trialled a similar referral system in the Hundred.
Source:?IANS
