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Deccan Herald, Bangalore Edition
Sunday July 10, 2005
Sports Detailed Story
Changing tracks: Indian scorers catch up with computer age
How well the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) decision to computerise scoring across the country is received, only time will tell, but it was nothing short of inevitable that manual scoring at some stage or the other had to make way for the more modern method.
Towards that effect, the BCCI is organising workshops in various parts of the country for computer scorers, and at the KSCA Pavilion Hall on Saturday, Indian coach Greg Chappell inaugurated a two-day workshop for some 42 scorers from different cricket associations.
The BCCI has decided that from the new domestic season which is a little over three months away, scorers will switch over to computerised scoring.
At the inauguration, Chappell termed the shift an important and natural step forward in the age of technology.
“The data generated from the matches will help understand players’ strengths and weaknesses,” he added.
Theo Braganza, Secretary of the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Scorers of India, said India was home to the largest number of scorers in the world, and First-class matches were being conducted at over 100 venues.
He added that the computer-based scoring system would also help overcome language barriers.
- DH News Service Bangalore
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 Indian Express, Bangalore Edition
Saturday July 9, 2005
SCORERS WORKSHOP
Indian coach Greg Chappell will inaugurate the Indian cricket boards's two-day workshop for computer scorers at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday. The event will be attended by 42 scorers from various cricket associations in India.
The members of the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Scorers of India will also participate in the event.
StumpVision will organise the logistics, hardware and software support system for the workshop.
The programme includes scoring on computers from a live match and test on the concluding day.
- ENS
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Times of India, Bangalore Edition
Saturday July 9, 2005
Time to get tech savvy & do away with pencils, score sheets
Time to do away with the note books and pencils? Time you burnt your score sheets? Well that’s what the motto of the two-day Computer Scorers Training Workshop, to be held at the KSCA from Saturday, says. The workshop is conducted jointly by the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Scorers of India and the BCCI.
No doubt there are some hitches when it comes to manual scoring. The age-old system has certain disadvantages. It’s not easy to use unless one is well-versed with the score sheet pattern; the error correction makes the sheet messy; difficult to maintain; while there’s no scope for data analysis, storage and retrieval of information is definitely cumbersome.
On the other hand the software Scorite, developed by StumpVision and commissioned by the BCCI for demo presentation during the workshop, aims at weeding out all shortcomings of the manual method. For example the scorer has to enter details after each delivery at several places. The scorer is kept occupied till the over ends or a wicket falls.
With software in place the scorer will have to make just one entry while the rest of entries will be automatically filled in. The software also has in-built rules (like runs scored off noballs, penalties) that will be taken into account automatically.
Besides offering a cleaner ‘score sheet’, the software will also facilitate an easy and immediate retrieval of information regarding a batsman’s score, partnership details, bowling analysis. “At the click of the mouse so to say,” says Markand of StumpVision.
Other features of the software include easy and accurate scoring, ability to store large database, and to track the performance of a team or an individual over a period of time.
The scorers attending the workshop felt the new system will help them in providing the information in double quick time and being more accurate.
While all this sounds good, it’s not easy to completely do away with the manual method. In case of power failure or some technical problem, the pen-paper method becomes inevitable. “It’s good to have the new system in place, but one can’t do away with the traditional method of scoring. Both will have to be present during a match,” said a scorer.
A total of 42 scorers from across the country will be attending the workshop.
- Times News Network
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