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

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.

From The Guardian

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.

From BBC

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.

From BBC

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

From BBC

In some of these instances Snickometer might have been able to help, but it is not currently part of DRS because it takes too long to return a result.

From BBC