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But not first time, DRS merely created more confusion as microphone noises - and eventually 'snicko' - indicated the batsman had got a thin edge but Hotspot concurred with Asad Rauf's not-out verdict.
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But not first time, DRS merely created more confusion as microphone noises - and eventually 'snicko' - indicated the batsman had got a thin edge but Hotspot concurred with Asad Rauf's not-out verdict.
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"snicko" - not used in the referral system - later indicated Clarke may have got a bottom edge.
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However, 'snicko' technology later suggested that on-field umpire Aleem Dar had correctly detected an edge.
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But, for goodness sake, half of cricket is now not watched with the naked eye, thanks to the invention of super-slow-motion cameras, hot-spots, snicko and hawk-eyes.
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Graeme from Abermain asks: Can anyone tell me why snicko is not used by the third umpire.
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OK Adam Gilchrist might have walked but 95 per cent of other cricketers wouldn't and he obviously got an inside edge, snicko told us that, the white spot wasn't conclusive enough for the umpire to give it.
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I don't think anyone would refer to hotspot if they KNEW they had hit it-Hotspot is pretty bloody accurate where as snicko can show a noise that is not necessarily a nick.
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Sky, if anything, forced the Beeb and others to raise their games in regard to the events they still had by introducing multiple cameras at the grounds, better stats and interactive services, things like hotspot and snicko...they innovated where Auntie was still sticking to the 'one camera in the grandstand' method.
The Guardian World News Johnny Dee 2011
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My quibbles are: 1: I think the cricket innovations, especially snicko were introduced by Channel 4.
The Guardian World News Johnny Dee 2011
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