The arrival of the India squad in Florida this weekend brought in huge throng of supporters hoping to spur a new age for neutral-venue cricket possibilities in the USA. But their presence also drew attention from an unlikely source, with a series of Major League Baseball data miners camping out in Lauderhill for the weekend to see how to bring their analytics to another sport.Eleven members of MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM), who help curate data for the online services known as MLB Statcast and MLB At Bat, set up a trailer at the Central Broward Regional Park to collect as much player and ball-tracking data as possible in an effort to bring their new-age stats approach to cricket from baseball.Were doing some research on how can we apply our Statcast data acquisition technologies to other sports, i.e. cricket, because baseball and cricket are very similar to each other, says Kevin Prince, a broadcast analyst with MLBAM who is originally from Kent, England, but has been working in the USA for more than 30 years. Were here to gather all the player-tracking and ball-tracking data, hopefully to provide a system that can provide the Statcast type of analysis that weve perfected for baseball, and hopefully provide that for cricket.As part of their technical set-up at the stadium in Lauderhill, the crew set up six cameras mounted to the floodlight towers on the west side of the ground, as well as a radar above the sightscreen on the north side. The cameras track player movement while the radar tracks ball movement. The crew visited Lauderhill last month for the Caribbean Premier League and their interest was sufficiently piqued for them to make a return for the India-West Indies T20s to see what they could apply from baseball principles.Its the fourth-generation stats, more performance-driven on the field, says Per Von Rosen, a technical manager with Statcast, originally from Stockholm, Sweden, who came to the USA last year but has previously done cricket analysis in England. So, how hard did you pitch, how hard did you hit, exit velocity of the ball coming off the bat. In fielding, the route efficiency taken to catch the ball.We know where a fielder was when the play started, we know where he caught the ball, and therefore we can know which path he took. Was it a straight line, did he deviate from that straight path, and how fast did he react to the ball off the bat - all of these things. Its basically putting together his athletic capabilities. Some guys always happen to be in the right place to make the catch, and now were putting numbers on that.One of the most popular data points in terms of fan traffic for Statcast online is exit velocity. Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins, the 2016 All-Star Game home-run derby champion, has nine of the 15 highest exit velocity measurements of the season, with a highest of 123.9mph speed of the ball coming off the bat. However, six of the nine connections only went for singles and none for home runs.The hardest you can hit a ball has to be a trajectory thats a little more flat, says Rob Engel, a senior software engineer with MLBAM. Any time you hit a home run, you have to put a little more launch angle on the ball, and youre not actually hitting it as square as you would hit a line drive. So the farthest home runs are technically hit a little softer than a hard line drive straight back to the pitcher, because the bat maintains contact with the ball longer, so you hit it harder.In cricket, the use of these metrics could demonstrate that players who hit sixes arent necessarily swinging or connecting harder, especially compared to a drive straight back down the pitch or a cut straight to point. Little nuggets like this are what Engel says draw fans in. Big numbers are sexy. Where the Statcast appears to be having a significant impact in terms of media scrutiny for players is in terms of the fielding aspects, which have long been neglected. Engel, who is originally from San Francisco, was at his first ever cricket match on Saturday, but says he has immediately identified areas where cricket data could be improved for fielders based on what he has done with baseball.Things are really registering well with fans, as well as smaller things like arm strength, route efficiency and distance covered, theyre easy to comprehend, says Engel. Arm strength measures the speed of the ball out of the arm from an outfield throw, route efficiency tracks the distance and time it takes to field a ball from the moment it leaves the bat and is cross-analysed against raw distance covered.Another area is base-running speed, including acceleration time it takes to reach top speed as well as top overall speed from home to first, first to third base and so on. But even subtler things are tracked, such as how big a lead a base runner gets off the base before attempting to steal. They are learning the slim margins that allow for a slower runner to gain a bigger advantage and get to the next base quicker than a runner with a higher speed rating.For cricket, it can be taken to measure fastest runners between the wickets and the impact of acceleration and deceleration while converting one run into two or two into three. Not only are the measures of interest to fans, but teams are able to utilise them for scouting purposes to gauge whose arm they cant or can take on for a second run from the boundary.Theres an outfielder for the Yankees who threw a ball 105mph with a crow hop earlier this year - Aaron Hicks, Engel says. That sparked a Twitter controversy - how can an outfielder throw harder than Aroldis Chapman? But if you look at the physics of the throw, with a running start and a crow hop, it makes sense you can throw the ball harder than from a [pitchers] mound without a running start. So those things are really registering well with fans, as well as smaller things like route efficiency and distance covered, theyre easy to comprehend.Traditional fielding stats only credit you negatively, and its basically who screwed up the least rather than who gave us the best performance. So now we have a forward-thinking model on what fielders can give us the most out of their physicality as opposed to who screws up the least.Prince says they are currently in discussions with the ECB, IPL teams, and Big Bash franchises. who are all keen to gain access to the Statcast capabilities. Baseball has the leading digital asset creation and development tools out there, says Prince. The whole Statcast aspect has been recognised by all the other sports as being a groundbreaking structure, so theres a lot of people interested in these aspects of the game. A lot of people are interested in seeing how were going to go here.Von Rosen says in his time watching cricket in England, he noticed how fielders were underappreciated, with only catches and run-outs marked in traditional stats. The Statcast technology can track fielders at point, for example, who may be cutting off singles with their speed to the ball off the bat, but have not got the recognition they deserve. In that way, MLBAMs data could transform how cricket analyses player performance.You go online and you start reading your cricket news or baseball news, what we want to do is put material on there that youll never stop looking for news, says Von Rosen. Youll be watching video after video, play after play with all of this information you can see, so you never really want to stop. 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ATLANTA -- The Kansas City Chiefs beat the first-place Atlanta Falcons to add even more shine to their upcoming battle for first place in the AFC West.A big game against the Raiders is coming in only four days, but for Eric Berry it will be tough to top the big-game feel of the Chiefs 29-28 win over the Falcons or Sunday. It will be even more difficult for him to top his personal role in the win.After returning an interception 37 yards for a touchdown late in the first half, Berry picked off another pass from Matt Ryan on a 2-point conversion, and his 99-yard return gave the Chiefs the lead.The Chiefs found another creative way to score when Albert Wilson took the direct snap on a fake punt and ran 55 yards for a third-quarter touchdown.It was an emotional homecoming for Berry, who grew up in suburban Atlanta. He finally played an NFL game in the city where he was treated after being diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma near the end of the 2014 season.The last time I came home during the season it was to get chemotherapy, Berry said. This time it was actually to play the game. I was just thankful for the opportunity.Berry said he shed tears before, during and after the game. He presented the ball to his mother, Carol, after the first interception and told her Id be back.Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith said Berrys eight points made the difference.Eric is the heart and soul of this team, Smith said. I think hes the embodiment of what were about, and thats selflessness and hard work, giving it up for the guy next to you. Thats all Eric talks about and its real.The Chiefs (9-3) made Thursday nights home game against the Raiders a battle for the division lead by taking back-to-back dramatic wins over Denver and Atlanta.The Falcons (7-5), now tied with Tampa Bay for the NFC South lead, took a 28-27 lead on Ryans 5-yard touchdown pass to Aldrick Robinson with 4:32 remaining. Having failed on a 2-point play following a 1-yard touchdown run by Devonta Freeman early in the fourth quarter, the Falcons tried again for 2 points. Berry delivered the decisive play of the game when he picked off Ryans pass for tight end Austin Hooper.Ryan called the pass a poor play on my part and a decision that I cant make. Ive got to check the ball down or move on. I made a mistake there.Here are some more things to know about the Chiefs win over the Falcons:INJURY REPORT: Atlanta Falcons left tackle Jake Matthews did not return after leaving the game with a left knee sprain late in the first half.ddddddddddddHe was escorted to the locker room at the 2-minute warning and did not come out for the start of the second half. Tom Compton replaced Matthews at left tackle.Falcons coach Dan Quinn said Matthews was certainly trying to return to the game so hopefully it wont be a long-term issue with him. Quinn said wide receiver Julio Jones got banged up with an undisclosed lower body injury but returned to the game.Reid said the Chiefs had no new injuries. Kansas City held out receiver Jeremy Maclin (groin) and cornerback Phillip Gaines (knee).CLEAN GAME: Smith completed 21 of 25 passes for 270 yards, including a 3-yard touchdown pass to running back Spencer Ware, with no interceptions. Smiths ability to avoid turnovers has helped Kansas City lead the NFL in turnover differential.BRYANT BOOMS 59-YARDER: Matt Bryants 59-yard field goal to end the first half was the second-longest of his career. He kicked a 62-yarder for Tampa Bay in 2006.The Chiefs werent sure the 41-year-old Bryant had enough leg for the kick. They placed speedy wide receiver Tyreek Hill in the back of the end zone for a possible return.Bryant also kicked two 22-yard field goals in the first half.PEACHY RETURN: Berry wasnt the only Chiefs player with Georgia roots to enjoy a big game. Wilson, who played at Georgia State, had four catches for 48 yards in addition to his touchdown on the fake punt. Hill, who had five catches for 53 yards and two carries for 19 yards, was born in Pearson, Georgia. 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