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Saeed Ajmal remains under scrutiny as International Cricket Council prepares to attach sensors to bowlers - Telegraph
"Testing will begin next week on wearable sensors that can be used during a match to identify if bowlers are throwing, following the suspension of Saeed Ajmal.
An International Cricket Council spokesman confirmed the third and final phase of testing, which has been ongoing for more than two years, would be carried out at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane where Ajmal’s action was assessed recently by independent analysts and deemed to break the 15-degree tolerance for straightening of the elbow.
Players will wear two sensors on the back of the arm near the elbow which are small enough to be used during a match. The inertial sensors use similar technology to that found in iPads, mobile phones and car-crash impact-detection systems.
It is thought that examining bowlers playing in a match situation will produce more accurate results than current laboratory testing. It is seen by the ICC as an important step in helping bowlers to monitor their own actions and correct any flaws, with the sensors user-friendly and able to be used in training sessions.
The protocol for deciding which bowlers wear the new sensors will be decided once the technology is deemed ready. Bowlers could be chosen by umpires who suspect an illegal action or picked at random, similar to the way players are chosen to give urine samples to test for doping.
At the moment there is no time frame put on its introduction but ideally it would come before the World Cup given the recent spate of suspensions for bowlers"
"Testing will begin next week on wearable sensors that can be used during a match to identify if bowlers are throwing, following the suspension of Saeed Ajmal.
An International Cricket Council spokesman confirmed the third and final phase of testing, which has been ongoing for more than two years, would be carried out at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane where Ajmal’s action was assessed recently by independent analysts and deemed to break the 15-degree tolerance for straightening of the elbow.
Players will wear two sensors on the back of the arm near the elbow which are small enough to be used during a match. The inertial sensors use similar technology to that found in iPads, mobile phones and car-crash impact-detection systems.
It is thought that examining bowlers playing in a match situation will produce more accurate results than current laboratory testing. It is seen by the ICC as an important step in helping bowlers to monitor their own actions and correct any flaws, with the sensors user-friendly and able to be used in training sessions.
The protocol for deciding which bowlers wear the new sensors will be decided once the technology is deemed ready. Bowlers could be chosen by umpires who suspect an illegal action or picked at random, similar to the way players are chosen to give urine samples to test for doping.
At the moment there is no time frame put on its introduction but ideally it would come before the World Cup given the recent spate of suspensions for bowlers"
