Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry believes sports equipment manufacturers in Pakistan would face no problems in manufacturing smart cricket balls.

Television show host Fakhr-e-Alam shared a Channel 9’s report on how the smart cricket ball works, heaping praise on the technology in his tweet.

Got to get me one of these Kookaburra ball….what wonderful technology…. pic.twitter.com/myiOd9Yrf4

— Fakhr-e-Alam (@falamb3) July 13, 2020

Chaudhry, while retweeting Alam’s post, stated that it shouldn’t be a problem for ball makers in Sialkot, adding “let’s do a joint project with technology universities and create (our) own smart cricket ball.”

Sialkot walas lets do that shouldn’t be a problem … lets do a joint project with Technology Universities and create own smart cricket ball… https://t.co/SG5QK0wlaE

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) July 13, 2020

Global Victoria, in its report, stated that SmartBall is being dubbed as the sport’s future. The Kookaburra-manufactured ball comes with a microchip embedded in its core which provides real-time data to players, coaching staff and fans.

It calculates the ball’s speed in three stages — release, pre-bounce and post-bounce — which helps in the evaluation of the bowlers’ performance, with the players able to see the results on their smartwatches.