Apparatus and methods for determining illegal deliveries in cricket
AssigneeMandar A. Joshi
InventorMandar A. Joshi
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Abstract
The technical solutions described herein pertain to apparatus and methods for accurately determining in cricket whether a ball is above the waist, shoulder, or head of a batter standing upright at the popping crease. Thus, certain embodiments of the technical solutions described herein provide apparatus and methods for accurately determining in cricket whether a ball is a no-ball, a wide-ball, or a legal ball. Certain embodiments of the technical solutions described herein also pertain to determining whether a legal ball is a bouncer. Particularly, the technical solutions described herein provide apparatus and methods for objectively determining in cricket whether a ball is a no-ball, a wide-ball, or a legal ball.
Claims13
A computer-implemented method for determining in a cricket match whether a ball bowled to a batter is a no-ball, a wide-ball, or a legal ball, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- a) receiving tracked and/or predicted path for the ball at least beyond the popping crease,
- b) comparing a known height of the batter's waist, shoulder, or head with a height of the ball as it passed or would have passed the popping crease, and
- a) determining whether the ball is a no-ball, wide-ball, or a legal ball based on the comparison made in step b).
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:
- a) receive tracked and/or predicted path for the ball at least beyond the popping crease,
- b) compare a known height of the batter's waist, shoulder, or head with the height of the ball as it passed or would have passed the popping crease, and
- c) determine whether the ball is a no-ball, wide-ball, or a legal ball based on the comparison made in step b).
A system comprising:
- a memory device;
- and
- one or more processors coupled with the memory device, the one or more processors are configured to perform a method of analyzing, during a game of cricket, legality of a ball that is delivered, the method comprising:
- computing a predicted height of the ball that is delivered at a timepoint when the ball is projected to pass a predetermined location on a pitch;
- comparing the predicted height with a plurality of predetermined thresholds, the predetermined thresholds are based on an identity of a batter facing the ball;
- and
- outputting the legality of the ball that is delivered based on the comparison.
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