Hampshire director of cricket Tim Tremlett has revealed that Hawkeye will be used to help coach the squad next spring.

Former Hampshire captain Mark Nicholas, Channel Four's cricket anchorman, has already used the 3D technology during his programme's analysis of lbw decisions.

Hawkeye tracks a ball's flight path to determine where it would have gone after striking a batsman on the pad.

Chief executive Graham Walker is confident that it will provoke lively debate in the Rose Bowl's hospitality suites but the brainchild of Burridge cricketer Dr Paul Hawkins will first be used in Hampshire's indoor school in the New Year.

It will help Hampshire's players analyse their game when Tremlett and manager Paul Terry put them through pre-season training.

Tremlett, a master of metronomic line and length during his playing days, said: "Hawkeye will be particularly helpful to the bowlers.

"It will help to tell them how often they are putting the ball in the right place and will hopefully help them to improve their consistency.

"We get a general idea of how often the bowlers are putting the ball in the right place but Hawkeye will be able to watch all of the time and give us accurate readings of where the ball pitches.

"We've already been given a demonstration of Hawkeye at the Rose Bowl and will be using it in the indoor school.

"We're confident that it will be of great assistance, particularly to our young bowlers."

The benefits of the revolutionary technology will even stretch beyond the hospitality suites and the indoor school.

Tremlett added: "It will also be very useful for Nigel Gray, our groundsman.

"It will help him to get an accurate indication of the bounce of the wicket."