Sunday 24 January 2010

Things we need this century that we didn't in the last

If I were a manufacturer of cricket gear, I'd be working on a heat-resistant or frictionless bat tape that could be applied to the edges as normal but that doesn't show any contact under Hotspot.

And I wouldn't be telling anyone about it, either...

4 comments:

Brit said...

You devious old devil, OB. This is cricket as Cold War, an escalating technological battle.

The Nurdler said...

Dash it, sir! They've come to watch me bat, not you umpire!

(And a very sneaky bit of thinking, if we may say so, too :D)

John Holmes said...

Cunning idea... but won't we need to deafen "Snicko" at the same time ?

The Old Batsman said...

John, not if Daryl Harper's umpiring. Arf. No, but you could then get into the 'what made the noise' arguments.