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By: TELFORD VICE, Warren Brennan was involved in seven of the 23 wickets that fell in the first Test between SA and Australia at Newlands WARREN Brennan was involved in seven of the 23 wickets that fell in the first Test between SA and Australia at Newlands yesterday. Brennan did not bowl a single ball, take a catch, or effect a runout. His name will not be found on either team sheet. In fact, he did not set foot
on the field during play. But, as the man who developed the Hotspot infrared cameras that are part of the Decision Review System being used in the series, Brennan is a major player in the match. Nine of the umpires’ decisions were reviewed yesterday, and on seven of those occasions the batsman was either confirmed as out or had his survival reversed and was dismissed. Only twice did a "not out" decision remain intact upon review. The Hotspot cameras proved to be the undoing of Jacques Kallis, who pulled at a delivery from Shane Watson and skewed the ball to Ricky Ponting at second slip.Umpire Ian Gould decided Kallis was not out, prompting the Australians to call for the review. Initial replays seemed to vindicate Gould as there was no evidence of bat making contact with ball, Which appeared to touch nothing but Kallis’ shoulder. However, the Hotspot replays showed that Kallis had edged the ball before it struck him and flew into the hands of Ponting. Gould reversed his decision, and Kallis was rightly given out caught."None of the other cameras showed conclusively that Kallis had hit the ball," Brennan said. "Hotspot showed very conclusively that he had. Hotspot will find something that other cameras don’t. Is it fair that Kallis was out like that? Well, Hotspot showed that he got a pretty thick edge. I’m happy with its performance today."It’s not complex like some of the other systems, and generally what you see is what you get. I don’t think there’s that much room for criticism," Brennan said.Read Full; BusinessDay - Hotspot cameras play major part in Test
