Monday, July 20, 2009

Foreshortening Doesn't Make the Ball Bounce on the Ground

Anyway without getting too much into it the solution is simple. Ideally it would be great to watch from below ground level whether the ball bounced but since we are not quite there yet the next best thing would be to put wide angle cameras at the base of the stumps facing the keeper and slips. Of course there is also the side on view that does not cause any "foreshortening".

Strauss may make himself believe that he caught the ball but in this case it was pretty clear he did not, foreshortening or not. He is almost picking it up off the ground being almost careful not to touch the ground as he does so.

There is no way the umpires could have judged it in real time. It was stubbornness or idiocy not to refer it not to mention inconsistency. All the while the proponent of the fielders' word was not so sure about the fielders' word.

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