The use of bowling machines to train batsmen whether it be indoors or outdoors has increased significantly. In the absence of bowlers, batsmen can bat for hours without any bowlers getting tired. The designs of these machines are often a derivative of ball projection machines used for other sports such as tennis. Reviewed literature highlights the deficit in visual information in the form of an arm and hand when using these machines. Hence, an Anthropometric Fast Bowling Machine with an arm and hand was designed and built by Dr. Kelvin Loutan Jr. and supervised by Professor Prakash Persad. The testing and analysis of the bowling machine was done by Mr. Ronnie Bickramdass. The project was developed at The University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT). A paper on the Evaluation of the Cricket Bowling Machine with an Arm and Hand to Deliver the Ball was presented at the The International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.

From right: Dr. Kelvin Loutan Jr. and Mr. Ronnie Bickramdass with the Cricket Bowling Machine.

Conference Paper:

Bickramdass, R., Persad, P., Loutan Jr., K., & Ameerali, A. (2020). Evaluation of a Cricket Bowling Machine with an Arm and Hand to Deliver the Ball. Talk presented at The International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology, The UWI, St. Augustine.