GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
He slipped over and then knocked over by a blinding throw - talk about bad luck
Usually bowls leg spin and instead opened the bowling and went on the rampage with seam up balls going everywhere
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Move over cnerd
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Usually bowls leg spin and instead opened the bowling and went on the rampage with seam up balls going everywhere
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Smudge
Hall of Fame Member
Seems fitting that Scaly's relative was named using a random set of Scrabble tiles lying around a maternity hospital.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Might as well bore you all with my exploits once again. Today went well. Other than being called a ****ing cheat by the visiting captain. Alas he apologised but remained adamant he’d hit it when given lbw.
All of the fielders said post match that it was nowhere near bat so I’ll take it. And anyway it is what it is. But if he didn’t hit it then we can put today down as no howlers
All of the fielders said post match that it was nowhere near bat so I’ll take it. And anyway it is what it is. But if he didn’t hit it then we can put today down as no howlers
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Giving one of the captains out lbw when he's smashed it has become a theme of yours tbf.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
I did think this
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
In fairness to you, all captains (or at least batting ones) will claim they smashed it when given LBW, even if they missed it by a foot.I did think this
the big bambino
International Captain
that's when you tell them they must have a wooden leg.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Good day today. No contentious dismissals. But of grief for an lbw I didn’t give.
Captains both clean bowled to my relief.
Sadly am not listed on the scorecard, may have to rectify as I’m only two games away from being promoted to the next level
Captains both clean bowled to my relief.
Sadly am not listed on the scorecard, may have to rectify as I’m only two games away from being promoted to the next level
Line and Length
Cricketer Of The Year
Sadly that was often the only dismissal they accepted. I gave one captain lbw and he marked me down so severely it ultimately cost me an Umpire's Award from the Association.
On another occasion I gave a captain out caught behind first ball. After the game he complained, "I swear I never touched it." He backed down when a team-mate showed us the new bat with a tell-tale red mark on the edge.
Are you sure they weren’t bowled off no balls?
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
My tutor/mentor contacted me today. On the ECB pathway my indoor umpiring counts so she’s put me forwards for promotion to Level 5.
Four more promotions and I can start doing county cricket. Give it a few years and you’ll all be complaining about my poor decisions at international level
Four more promotions and I can start doing county cricket. Give it a few years and you’ll all be complaining about my poor decisions at international level
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
All the best mate.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
I’m sure I won’t feel the need to incessantly post about every much I do…but today the away team captain said to me, as his team were on the brink of victory ‘you’ve had a great game ump…got everything right..’
I took it as faint praise with the home team, ie the ones I umpire for, 9 down and needing 20 an over to win. But one of my club’s players came to me in the clubhouse afterwards and said he’d had the same feedback from said captain.
I’m enjoying myself but that feedback really got me buzzing
I took it as faint praise with the home team, ie the ones I umpire for, 9 down and needing 20 an over to win. But one of my club’s players came to me in the clubhouse afterwards and said he’d had the same feedback from said captain.
I’m enjoying myself but that feedback really got me buzzing
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Had to share this from today. A new batsman comes out. Takes a leg stump guard. Leg spinner is bowling wicket to wicket. First ball, the batsman is as close to the stumps as he can be without treading them. He’s stood in front of all three. The ball literally lodges between his pads halfway up. It was an easier decision than a bowled so obviously the finger goes up.
‘That can’t be out umpire, I took a leg stump guard!!!’
He went off in a right tizz while the fielders were rolling round in hysterics
‘That can’t be out umpire, I took a leg stump guard!!!’
He went off in a right tizz while the fielders were rolling round in hysterics
Shady Slim
International Coach
we have to umpire other grades when we have a bye round and this happens so ****in much, guys who take a leg stump guard who think it makes them immune to lbw's and them immediately steve smith themselves in front of all three when the bowler releases, only to have a big ol sook when u trigger them!! it's nuts!!
RossTaylorsBox
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Getting the ump to help you take guard should be banned anyway, you should be able to eyeball it yourself.
Howe_zat
Audio File
I always thought calling it right on the line on lbws was the easy part of umpiring, though it's the thing most people talk about. I'm pretty confident I was getting 90% of those calls right. Being able to tell if it's bat first was always borderline impossible for me though.