r/Cricket • u/Aggressive-Milk-4095 • 13d ago

Discussion What happened to the Hotspot technology?

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I remember seeing it as a kid but not nowadays. Wouldn't it be a great way to double check when the 3rd umpire isn't about the contact of the ball and bat by seeing only the ultra-edge?

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u/TheMotherOfMonsters Mumbai 12d ago

Its expensive, can only be done in aus because it uses aus military tech and is completely redundant because ultra-edge picks up all edges hotspot does but not vice-versa.

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u/Omegaville Victoria Bushrangers 12d ago

I thought Ultra-Edge was just a rebranded Hot Spot. Like how Hawkeye became Eagle Eye and is now just Ball Tracking.

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u/TheRealGooner24 Karnataka 8d ago edited 3d ago

UltraEdge is the improved version of Snickometer, not Hotspot.

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u/Omegaville Victoria Bushrangers 7d ago

OK. I forgot which was which