All kinds of wearable tech are out there on the market, but one recent innovation serves a very specific and globally popular sport. CricFlex, created by a group of five Pakistani engineers, is an arm sleeve that cricket players can use to train and evaluate their bowling angle, and also to determine if the angle is […]
The sport of cricket is facing an outbreak in the number of injuries to its fast bowler positions. Much like tracking the pitch count of an MLB player to avoid injury, researchers at the Australian Catholic University’s School of Exercise have developed an algorithm linked to submarine and guided missile technology to reduce fast bowler […]
Hawk-Eye is probably best known for supplying the goal-line technology for the FIFA World Cup in 2014, but the sports technology company is responsible for much more across the wide spectrum of sports. Ranging from ball tracking to broadcasting graphics among more than 20 different sports, Hawk-Eye has their hands in about every sector of the […]
The advent of camera and sensor technology has given players and coaches a completely new way to approach an athlete’s form and abilities in almost any sport. That includes even those sports with long histories and tradition — like cricket. PitchVision is a London and Delhi-based cricket training company that is endorsed by some of […]
In preparation for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, the International Cricket Council (ICC) unveiled the new ICC CWC 2015 Match Centre, powered by SAP HANA and Analytics. With this Match Centre, SAP is providing fans with 40 years of Cricket World Cup historical data, allowing them to follow games more closely than ever through […]
