Speed Guns?

[Insomniac]

Where were the speed guns for the games in St. Lucia today?

I assumed they had been turned off for the Afghanistan game as ESPNStar didn't want the Indian medium pace bowlers to be embarassed by the Afghanis (joke), but seriously, a world cup without speed guns?

And while we're at it, why isn't this being broadcasted in HD? Disappointing stuff tbh, it was alot better in England.

One thing I did notice is that the Cricinfo commentary has the bowling speeds listed, so is it just a case of ESPN not showing them?

 

[-D-S-B-]

I noticed this in the NZ game. The speed gun was only used in the second innings, and very few times. I was annoyed because I wanted to see Bonds speed,

 

[aussie1st]

Surely they will have them on for the Aussie match.

 

[McLOVIN]

I mentioned it somewhere, that overlays or w/e doesnt have a speed gun.

 

[khalek]

David Lloyd will be pissed at this, he loves looking at the speeds

 

[McLOVIN]

LOl at CI. Dale Styen 103.5

 

[Cricketman]

He bowled some pretty good slower deliveries.

But yeah, where are the speed guns? They had them for the WI-Ire match

 

[angryangy]

They exist, but it seems the guns are prone to failure for some reason.

 

[Abhas]

Yeah, Cricinfo was showing Albie Morkel and Steyn bowling at 160+
Obviously, some bug with the speedguns, hence they are not being telecast on TV regularly. probably they're testing them out or something.

 

[aussie1st]

No speed gun for the Aussie game, major fail. Did they show them in the 07 WC?

 

[pcfan123]

1.1
Tait to Salman Butt, no run, 100.9 mph, much fuller this time, on off stump, Butt gets forward and pushes hurriedly into the off side

Did they talk about this on TV? is it official?

 

[Params7]

Not on TV, I don't even see speeds showing up here.

 

[pcfan123]

Its not true then, cricinfo has Nannes bowling at 60 mph now

2.6
Nannes to Mohammad Hafeez, no run, good ball to finish a damaging over, Hafeez works it from middle to midwicket

2.6
Nannes to Salman Butt, 2 wides, looks like Butt may have briefly rattled Nannes here, who shoves this well down the leg side for a wide, Haddin can't collect so they run an extra

2.5
Nannes to Salman Butt, FOUR, 68.0 mph, and again! lovely shot, gets inside the line and flashes his wrists at a full ball, square through the off side for another boundary

2.4
Nannes to Salman Butt, FOUR, 66.8 mph, this is an excellent shot, all wrists and placement, fullish on off stump and flashed in front of point for four

2.3
Nannes to Salman Butt, no run, 64.9 mph, nothing on this one, back on to a good line and length, Butt in his crease and defending

2.2
Nannes to Salman Butt, FOUR, 66.9 mph, well the shot was born of desperation, but executed very well, Butt skips leg side to give himself room and thrashes it through point for four

2.1
Nannes to Salman Butt, no run, 65.5 mph, Nannes finds a tidy line on off stump, just back of a length, Butt tries to force it into the leg side but gets nothing on it

 

[aussie1st]

Wouldn't trust in the Cricinfo screen, then had the Nannes first over at 100km/h for every ball.

 

[King Pietersen]

Johnson's wicket was recorded at 64.8mph too. The speed-guns are seriously off; especially for Australia's left-armers apparently.