Snickometer

/ snɪˈkɒmɪtə /

noun

1. cricket a device, which uses sound waves recorded by the stump microphone, employed by TV commentators to determine whether or not a batsman has made contact with the ball

Word History and Origins

Origin of Snickometer¹

C20: from _snick (sense 5) + _-meter

Example Sentences

Rahul's dismissal, given out caught behind on review, was controversial, with the Indian convinced that the noise on the snickometer technology was bat hitting pad, rather than an outside edge.

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The umpire Kumar Dharmasena had no hesitation in giving him out, a decision based no doubt on noise and the fact that it could have come from no other source and although Clarke, uncertainly, chose to review it, and hotspot failed to register a mark on the bat, the Snickometer showed a spike: Clarke had to go.

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Skipper Graeme Smith chose not to call for a review, though replays showed a line on the snickometer, the third time in the match he had spurned the chance of a successful review.

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There was no mark on Hot Spot and although the real-time Snickometer registered a sound, it appeared to be after the ball had passed the bat.

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Snickometer, which detects edges using sound, could be made part of the DRS process subject to more testing.

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