Ashes players 'fooling' Hot Spot

Hot Spot is an infra-red technology used to determine whether the ball has made contact with the bat. Source: Supplied

AUSTRALIAN captain Michael Clarke has strongly denied his players have been using silicone-based tape on their bats to avoid detection by HotSpot technology.

Clarke says it's normal for players to protect their bats with things like fibreglass facing.

The Australian captain says he hasn't witnessed anything untoward going on with England players either, after a report on the Nine Network said the ICC was investigating players from both teams on the issue.

If batsmen are trying to cover up edges, the theory appears flawed, given it could just as easily contribute to incorrect lbw dismissals where the ball has been hit first.

It was reported earlier that players in the current Ashes series may have been cheating the Hot Spot technology which is a crucial part of the Decision Review System (DRS) by using a silicone-based tape on their bats.

According to a report on Channel Nine, batsmen may be the using tape to negate the effect of the Hot Spot technology.

The Hot Spot technology used under the DRS is an infra-red imaging system which is used to tell whether a batsman has hit a ball.

The ICC general manager of cricket Operations, Geoff Allardice, is in Durham for the fourth Test to investigate the matter.

Channel Nine reports that concern centres around the Kevin Pietersen dismissal in the second innings in Manchester, when the umpire gave the English batsman out after a noise was clearly heard.

Pietersen appealed the decision on review, and was given out, even though nothing showed up on Hot Spot.

Australian batsmen may also be using this method, Nine says.

Using grainy black and white footage, Hot Spot clearly shows a bright white patch where friction has occurred. The system has been notoriously unreliable throughout this Ashes series and now we may know why.

It is not yet known whether English or Australian players are allegedly involved.

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