Minimum Chips wrote:Tony Clifton wrote:cokadonkeytoo wrote:bowl100 wrote:Hearing reports of some very average umpiring having big impacts on results yesterday
Were you watching at Prospect Oval yesterday?
Would be some interesting viewing if any clubs could get frogbox to work properly!
Is it a problem with the set up at the ground or maybe an issue with the central control office? I believe the clubs set up and log in and then the streaming is controlled via a central location? Something to do with the match IDs on MyCricket and then FrogBox being given the correct details from someone at SACA/Grade Cricket coordinator?
The problem is the human element
The scorer has to click "bowler running in" when the bowler starts his run up. Every single delivery for the whole game. That way the system knows when a new delivery is starting and the previous delivery has ended. Once the score for that delivery is entered (dot ball, single, boundary, wicket etc) the footage gets automatically coded. So you can later see all the wickets or boundaries or whatever.
However if the scorer is late clicking the button the footage doesn't match. Often they're behind or miss something and are busy correcting an error or working out who's bowling. The system works well if there's a switched on scorer and nothing slightly unusual happens (eg the batters cross during a catch or get called for one short etc)