Things to look forward to from DRS

#2 UltraEdge

UltraEdge has become an important component of DRS

UltraEdge is an upgrade over the Snickometer, with further enhancement to distinguish the various sounds on a more accurate basis.

The ball tracking system has been improved after an independent assessment by a team of engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). UltraEdge is the first technology to be tested at the ECB National Cricket Performance Centre in Loughborough, United Kingdom.

The path of the ball after hitting the pads is predicted by ultra-motion cameras with higher frame rates which make the system more reliable. According to the new DRS playing conditions, the manual interference to determine the point of impact of the ball hitting the pads is reduced with the help of UltraEdge.

Another flaw in the earlier DRS was the possibility of an operator missing a delivery and hence an lbw appeal could have been missed. But the introduction of UltraEdge along with the facility to store the data from every delivery helps if an operator fails to arm the tracking system.

This system has certainly made the DRS reliable.