[Submitted on 22 Sep 2026]
Title:A 3D Pose-Based Ensemble Framework for Cricket Shot Classification and Automated Biomechanical Analysis
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Abstract:Cricket is one of the most celebrated sports world-wide, and technological advancement has become deeply embedded in how the modern game is analyzed and coached. Cricket shot classification and automated performance analysis add a further dimension to this trend. Traditional approaches rely on RGB video features or static images, which are sensitive to environmental variations such as camera angle, lighting, and background clutter, and often fail to capture the underlying biomechanics of batting actions. In this paper, we propose a system to improve cricket coaching that takes raw video data, extracts batsmen from video frames using YOLO, and extracts 3D pose data from video frames using MeTRAbs. The system produces sequential skeletal pose data of 30 body points and captures the biomechanical features of a batsman. As part of the system, we also propose a deep learning ensemble for shot classification of four shots: flick, pull, defense, and drive. The ensemble performed well, compared to existing classification works, achieving 97.68% accuracy. In addition, we analyzed the misclassification rates to identify cases where shots were incorrectly classified and examined their possible causes. Our proposed system allows novice players to obtain useful feedback, such as important joint angles relative to expert batsmen, which can also be useful for injury prevention. The shot classifier also helps track class-wise shots over time for further analysis. In addition to novice players, coaches can use the system for player evaluation.
Comments: 6 pages, 3 figures, IEEE conference format
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Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
Cite as: arXiv:2609.26923 [cs.CV]
(or arXiv:2609.26923v1 [cs.CV] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.26923
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From: Sourav Shome [view email] [v1] Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:18:14 UTC (1,963 KB)
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