ABU DHABI: UK based sports technology company SmartCricket.com announced its association with the Abu Dhabi T10 league at the weekend.
Batting statistics like bat speed, back lift angle, shot efficiency and power are displayed live during the league broadcast.
SmartCricket.com lays claim to being the world’s first smart wearable company for cricket and has brought the next generation contactless motion capture technology to the real game arena. For the first time Smart Broadcast solution is also being used for an entire tournament, a piece of tech that shows not only shot efficiency, bat speed, back lift angle etc, but also follows the entire bat arc from start to finish in a 3D avatar, a feature that has never been seen before in live cricket television broadcast.
“Motion sensing is bound to be an integral part of all sports and we at SmartCricket.com have taken the first step in this direction with Cricket with plans to progress into other sports as well. IoT in sports is a potentially trillion-dollar sunrise industry and we are proud to have pioneered this revolution and put it on live broadcast,” says Atul Srivastava, founder of Smart Cricket.com.
He added, “The players are using BatSense, our revolutionary bat sensor that measures 13 different parameters for every shot, so you can know the bat speed, back lift, shot efficiency, power used and many other metrics for every shot that a player hits or misses!”
Abu Dhabi T10, which is in its 5th season, kicked off on the 19th of November. Six teams play each other twice to qualify for the knockouts. With 2-3 matches being played every day there is plenty of cricket on offer for all fans. The T10 is a proven format and the tournament this year is even more special as it coincides with the 50th UAE National Day.
“The UAE and Abu Dhabi have always been at the cutting edge of technology and now we have merged it with cricket as well, partnering with SmartCricket.com gives a new facet to viewing and making live Cricket even more exciting. Abu Dhabi T10 is proud to usher in this revolution in live broadcast for the first time in the history of cricket,” Shaji ul Mulk, chairman, Abu Dhabi T10 League said.
With so much cricket being played around the world, short formats with the edge that technology provides may just be what tips the balance to ensure that cricket expands its global appeal.
