Lesson 14 of 14

Pitch Map Analytics

4 min read•4/19 sections

Where wickets actually fall.

Technical Breakdown

19-section schema

A 2D heatmap of every delivery's pitching and outcome, generated by Hawk-Eye tracking.

'' comes from the Old English 'piccean' — to fix or plant — referring to the strip 'pitched' between the wickets.

MCC's Laws (first codified 1744, current 2017 edition) set the 22-yard and playing-area dimensions cricket still uses today.

Coaches identify the -taking zone for each bowler-batter matchup (typically 5–7 m for seamers, 3–4 m for spinners).