The inventor of Hot Spot says protective coating needs to be removed from cricket bats for his technology to achieve 'optimum results.'
The current Ashes series between England and Australia has been blighted by a string of contentious decisions, with Hot Spot’s thermal-imaging cameras appearing not to detect some edges behind.
Warren Brennan, the managing director of the company which owns Hot Spot, said in a statement, 'BBG Sports believes that in order to achieve optimum Hot Spot results, the removal of protective coating from bats edges needs to occur. This will allow for the best thermal signatures between cricket balls and natural timber cricket bats.'
Brennan said he will pass results of tests carried out this week to the International Cricket Council.