Cricket's DRS system has "taken a beating following an extraordinary failure of the Hawk-Eye technology during Australia's win over South Africa on Sunday," according to Tyson Otto of the NEW ZEALAND HERALD. Video footage of the "controversial moment reveals an almighty failure from the Hawk-Eye ball-tracking path-predictor." The incident has "again cast doubts surrounding the ongoing use of the Hawk-Eye technology, with the organisation behind the technology never hiding away from the simple fact the technology is only accurate to within 5mm when used as it currently is in international cricket fixtures." The system's "shortcomings" are part of the reason the Int'l Cricket Council "mandates that more than half the ball must be hitting the stumps for an umpire's not-out ruling to be overturned -- accommodating for Hawk-Eye's margin for error." Hawk-Eye Founder Paul Hawkins "recently defended the technology, insisting inaccuracies like the system's apparent failure" during Australian Josh Hazlewood's delivery do not "just happen." Hawkins said that the technology has "only made four inaccurate rulings since an upgraded version of the technology was introduced eight years ago." Hawkins: "Some people will not be able to understand how it works, and there is not much I can do about that" (NZ HERALD, 6/15).
