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Foxtel attributes double-digit growth to wicket-predicting cricket-mad AI bot

on Feb 19, 2019 | 0 comments

By Danielle Long

An AI bot that can predict when wickets will fall in a game of cricket, has delivered a double-digit increase in weekly sales growth for Foxtel.

Monty, a cricket-mad custom machine learning model, was designed in collaboration by Foxtel, Fox Sports, Google and Mindshare, in a bid to identify and predict how and when wickets would fall in real time during live games.

Featuring a bespoke ‘Wicket Warning’ system, Monty can spot an approaching wicket up to 5 minutes before it falls and alert viewers and cricket fans to watch the coverage live.

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Source: The Drum