No quick technology fix for problem bowlers - ICC


  • Cricket
  • Wednesday, 10 Sep 2014

Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal bowls during a practice session ahead of their final ODI (One Day International) cricket match against Sri Lanka in Dambulla August 29, 2014. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The ICC is cautiously optimistic that wearable sensors can provide the technological breakthrough needed to stamp out illegal bowling actions but does not expect them to be ready for trial in matches before mid-2015.

Geoff Allardice, the International Cricket Council's general manager of cricket, told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday that there has been lots of progress in using the technology but stumbling blocks remain to deploying it in matches.

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