Flawed 6 distance calculator

[jonbrooks]

How on earth was Guptill's six that hit the roof only 110m? Was this calculation based on the distance the ball travelled i.e. 110m before the roof curtailed its progress? That might make sense but I still feel it travelled further given the boundaries are around 80m. Surely if the full arc the ball travelled is considered then it would have travelled much further than 110m

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Of course it's not the full arc.

 

[weldone]

Of course it's not the full arc.

Ya doesn't make sense to calculate full arc either (otherwise a catch out might turn out to be the longest full arc ever)

 

[cpr]

1. Did the ball go over the rope?

2. Does the rest really​ matter?

 

[wellAlbidarned]

2. Does the rest really​ matter?

If Loko becomes a cricket rule administrator it might. The runs scored for a six will become 6 + 0.1*(metres over the boundary).

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Also, in reply to the initial question:

The six distance includes the predicted distance as if the ball travelled it's full arc from bat to ground. Westpac stadium is about 90m from either pitch end to the roof for the square to cow corner boundaries, so 110m seems about right. I think he hit a 125m one against SA at the same ground, which would obviously be impossible if the distance wasn't predicted to some degree.

 

[Athlai]

The projected arc is calculated and distance is then measured from where it would have landed on the ground. But who knows how reliable the measurements are, it's never really been something taken incredibly seriously in cricket. We aren't baseball.

 

[kiwiviktor81]

I think Guptill's six might have landed near my garden. And I live in Nelson.