Technologies that changed cricket over the years

LED Bails

MS Dhoni stumping and the Zing bails lighting up.

The stumps and bails have also evolved with time. The stumps started having cameras and were used to record the stump-view of the game.

But now the bails have evolved too. There are LED bails used in today’s game. They were brought into the picture to eliminate touch and go cases during runouts and stumpings while determining when the bails were off the groove. Hence, with the advent of LED bails (and stumps), we can easily know when the bails (and stumps) were completely dislodged.

Also known as Zing bails, these contain sensors which light up when the bails are completely off their groove and hence, decisions on runout and stumpings can be made when these bails light up and where was the batsman when these lit up.