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Examples
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Lack of evidence on the "Hot Spot" replay viewed by third umpire Tony Hill led to Dar's decision being reversed although a later replay using "Snicko" technology - which is unavailable to umpires - seemed to confirm Bell had edged the ball.
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Sound Advice Snickometer Another technology, called Snickometer, or Snicko, creates a sound wave that can be used fairly accurately to judge whether, for example, the ball has brushed the bat on the way through to the wicketkeeper...
Week in Words Erin McKean 2011
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This progression has gone from day-night cricket under floodlights in the 1970s to replay-technology breakthroughs such as Hot Spot, Hawk-Eye and Snicko in recent years.
Pardon the Commercial Contortion Richard Lord 2011
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Another technology, called Snickometer, or Snicko, creates a soundwave that can be used fairly accurately to judge whether, for example, the ball has brushed the bat on the way through to the wicketkeeper, but as it stands it takes too long to build the soundwave for the system to be of practical use, except by broadcasters.
Cricket Should Rule on Reviews, and Not Look Back Richard Lord 2011
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But as with Hawk-Eye, or the pitch mat for lbw, or Snicko, or even the enhanced technology of Hotspot, it is not there to be taken too seriously.
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Only Snicko was not used because it takes seven minutes to set up.
Eoin Morgan grateful to review system after maiden Test century 2010
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Soon afterwards, Snicko, which takes much longer to set up, suggested that he had edged it after all.
Zulqarnain Haider and Pakistan benefit from decision review system David Hopps at Edgbaston 2010
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Channel 9 are putting the Snicko on Chris Tremlett's grunting when he releases the ball.
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For the remainder of his innings, in which he went on make 115, Bell was booed by sections of the SCG crowd who saw the Snicko graphic replayed on screens.
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Although Snicko, not yet used as a tool for such decisions, later confirmed it, Sangakkara has a big sponsor's label on his bat that overlaps the edges.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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