Surveillance now for bat as well as ball in UK cricket academy

Hawkeye, the ball tracker used for TV cricket coverage, is being used in conjunction with a SANYO CCTV system at the England and Wales Cricket Board’s National Academy’s high tech facility at Loughborough University to improve cricket students’ bowling and batting techniques.

Whilst Hawkeye allows coaches to keep an eye on the track of the ball, Sanyo equipment is being used to monitor the players.

The original system was installed almost four years ago but has now been upgraded so that the Academy can benefit from the new advanced functionality of Sanyo’s digital video recorders.

Situated at the heart of the University’s 386-acre campus, the Academy comprises six indoor cricket lanes and is regarded as the best equipped in the world. Whilst Hawkeye follows the trajectory of the ball, eight Sanyo high speed domes cameras follow the players’ monitoring style and technique.

The eight digital video recorders can record live images at a very high resolution whilst simultaneously playing back previously recorded video. Coaches in the Academy’s performance analysis room are therefore able to provide feedback to individual players whilst continuing to record the activities of others. The footage can be saved on to a USB stick, compact flash or CD.

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