The application of geophysics to the sport of Cricket

Abstract

Over the years interest in sports science has boomed with current research in using technology to monitor athlete performance and the motion of balls or other equipment during a game. The contributions of Geophysics to sport are, as far as we have found, only indirect until now. We used the seismic method, specifically a 48-channel seismic acquisition system, coupled with basic processing, to locate the position at which a cricket ball impacted the pitch with an accuracy of ±10 cm. Previously this could only be done using expensive television-based systems