Railcam

In 2000,Railcam, a system devised for athletics which allowed the ground-level camera to shoot along a railway track and keep pace with sprinters down the home straight. Sky adapted it for cricket, using it to scoot along the boundary square of the wicket when a ball was hit in that direction. The end result was to give the impression that the cameraman was in a desperate rush for the loo, as well as inducing travel sickness for the viewer. It was soon axed. The jury is out on Hotspot, another gimmick introduced by Sky this summer. Even Ian Botham was forced to admit on air he didn't have a clue what it was all about.