The DRS and haw-eye has come under the scanner after some controversial calls in the IND vs ENG Test series. Former England captain Michael Vaughan slammed hawk-eye for Joe Root’s dismissal in the IND vs ENG Ranchi Test. Now, Paul Hawkins, the founder has slammed Vaughan for demanding more transparency.
Previously Michael Vaughan demanded more transparency from hawk-eye. This mainly resulted when Joe Root was dismissed by Ravichandran Ashwin. It looked that the majority of the ball was pitched outside the leg stump. The ball tracker deemed it correct as it went to crash the stumps and the star England batter was dismissed.
“For every day, the guys will go out and measure the width of the stumps. And so that gets entered into the system. So you’re working off of the actual width of those stumps… So you calibrate the system for the environment that it’s there,” Paul Hawkins told The Analyst podcast.
“A good process that’s evolved in terms of quality control is that there is a van camera, which is more an internal process, making sure people aren’t on their phones. But the best thing in terms of quality control is an automatic screengrab of the tracking system is taken and that automatically goes to the ICC.
Hawk-Eye founder Slams Michael Vaughan
So whilst it will never go to broadcast because there’s lots of intellectual property within those screengrabs for the internal quality control for the people that need to make sure that the technology providers are providing accurate answers, that’s all done,” he added.
Despite backing the advent of technology, Vaughan claimed that the decision was incorrect. Ashwin’s ball pitched more than 50% inside the leg stump and then the DRS projected that it went to hit the stumps. Thereby forcing on-field umpire’s decision to be overturned. Vaughan suggested that an ICC official should be present to maintain transparency.
“The commentary, I think, is a little bit uneducated. It is unfortunate from Vaughan, because, obviously he was a fantastic player, really enjoyed watching him play, and a great commentator, very entertaining. But I think it’s a responsibility to the game, in terms of journalism. Perhaps a little bit more preparation in terms of his role as a journalist may help him explain what’s happening to the huge fan base of cricket so that what he writes is factually correct. In the same way as Hawk-Eye has an obligation to be factually correct, perhaps journalists do too,” Hawkins concluded.
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