dude from the company that operates snicko discusses the technology and why itâs not good for glance shots
The umpire gave him not out and Snicko couldnât prove he hit it. Hereâs why Jaiswal was dismissed
Andrew Wu December 30, 2024 â 8.19pm
Captains Pat Cummins and Rohit Sharma expressed reservations over the Snicko technology after Yashasvi Jaiswalâs controversial game-changing dismissal in the Boxing Day Test.
Jaiswalâs wicket was the flashpoint on dramatic final day at a heaving MCG as Australia secured a famous 184-run victory over India in front of a record day-five crowd of 74,362 to take a 2-1 series lead heading into the final Test in Sydney.
The new batting prince of India had his 310-minute vigil come to an end when video umpire Sharfuddoula Saikat gave him out caught behind to Alex Carey off Cumminsâ bowling despite Snicko, also referred to as ultra-edge, not registering a spike as the ball passed his bat and gloves.
Adamant they had their man, the Australians almost immediately sent West Indiesâ umpire Joel Wilsonâs not out call upstairs, and were vindicated by footage that showed a clear deflection in the ballâs trajectory off the bat.
A shattered Jaiswal remonstrated with the on-field umpires after being given his marching orders, but both captains said the right decision was made.
Jaiswal was the last frontline batter to fall, leaving Indiaâs bottom four with the improbable task of surviving 21 overs to save the game.
Warren Brennan â the founder of BBG Sports, which operates the ultra-edge-edge technology â told this masthead his technology was not best used for glancing shots such as Jaiswalâs, while there is a lack of confidence from players on the system.
âI think it was clear that he hit it,â Cummins said. âHeard a noise, saw deviation, it was absolutely certain that he hit it. As soon as we referred it, you could see him [Jaiswal] clearly drop his head and basically acknowledge that he hit it.
âOn the screen, you could see that he hit it. ultra-edge-edge, I donât think anyone has complete confidence in. It didnât really show much but, fortunately, there was enough other evidence to show that it was clearly out.â
Rohit bemoaned his team being on the rough end of the stick with technology, though Jaiswal had good fortune when his score was just 31 when Australia were denied by an lbw review on a Mitchell Starc delivery that showed the ball hitting the stumps but was deemed an umpireâs call.
Rubbing salt into Indiaâs wounds, Akash Deep was given out moments after Jaiswalâs departure to a bat -pad catch that produced a spike and a cherry mark on the playerâs blade.
âI donât know what to make of that because the technology didnât show anything,â Rohit said of Jaiswalâs wicket.
âWith the naked eye, it seemed that he did touch something.
âI donât know how the umpires want to use the technology, but in all fairness he did touch the ball but again itâs about the technology which we all know is not 100 per cent.
âLike I said, we donât want to really look too much into that. More often than not, we are the ones falling on the wrong side of it ⌠I feel weâve been a little unfortunate.â
Brennan explained why his technology did not detect a touch from Jaiswalâs shot despite the vision strongly indicating contact with the bat or gloves.
âOn those glance-type shots there is rarely any noise,â Brennan said. âGlance shots are not Snickoâs strength, whereas it is for HotSpot.â
HotSpot, which detects marks left from the ball making contact with bat or gloves, would have more likely helped decide Jaiswalâs dismissal but is not in use this series.
India great Sunil Gavaskar suggested there could have been an âoptical illusionâ in Jaiswalâs case, but Ricky Ponting was emphatic the opener was out.
âIf the evidence of the technology is not to be taken, why have it at all?â Gavaskar said on Seven. âThat is something that would definitely be the query as far as the Indians are concerned.
âYes, it looked as if it might have gone off the glove but there can be an optical illusion. Often we see when the ball is brand new that a ball goes near the batâs edge and then moves away.â