The best umpires in world cricket!

[Kimbo]

its pretty hard for young umpires in nz, what can you aspire to, we dont even have one umpire on the elite panel, they will never get a chance to show themselves at the top level.

 

[lord_of_darkness]

yea i agree with you mate

 

[Eyes_Only]

are you a female, or do you umpire for females?

I am female and I umpire for both men and women

 

[lord_of_darkness]

ah good to see some Interesting views from the ladies :P

Too bad all the girlfriends i have end up hating cricket :-( so i cant talk about it

 

[Eyes_Only]

As you will see....I maybe female but i an'it no lady!! :X

[Edited on 6/3/02 by Eyes_Only]

 

[Kimbo]

I aint no lady either...
I hope you are a good ump... I have had some shockers,us "ladies" seem to get the shitty ones, some interesting choices actually- we had this guy who is about 20, his number plate is "horny little DEVIL"
thats reassuring for us- he umpired an u17 tournament too, just the kind of bloke you want aroung young girls

 

[marc71178]

its pretty hard for young umpires in nz, what can you aspire to, we dont even have one umpire on the elite panel, they will never get a chance to show themselves at the top level.

Their on;y on contacts I think - there is always the opportunity to get on there if their good enough umpires.

 

[Kimbo]

but you'd think it would be hard to get seen when they don't have one umpire from the country where the games are played- in any country, to get seen and recognised

 

[lord_of_darkness]

Contacts cant do much i reckon , because i think its the whole ICC that votes and selects an umpire ?

 

[marc71178]

Sorry, misspelling, I meant contracts.

Surely by your definition then Sunil, no umpire will ever get promoted onto that list - there is still the opportunity for them, it's just it won't be as easy - but we want the best in Test Cricket, even if he turned the offer down

 

[Neil Pickup]

Darryl (sp?) Harper needs shooting after some of the decision he's made in this series. Trescothick's LBW at Lord's was appalling, Flintoff being given out ct silly mid on off his pads was even worse.

Something about England attracting bad decisions?!

 

[Kimbo]

Surely by your definition then Sunil, no umpire will ever get promoted onto that list - there is still the opportunity for them, it's just it won't be as easy

i didnt say it would be impossible i said it would be hard.

 

[lord_of_darkness]

Well there were so many bad decisions in Ind vs Eng too

 

[marc71178]

Well it should be hard - it's the best 8 in the World - it's not going to be easy for anybody to get on there - that's the whole point of it!

 

[Eyes_Only]

Well it should be hard - it's the best 8 in the World - it's not going to be easy for anybody to get on there - that's the whole point of it!

I agree but do you really think Harper is one of the best 8 in the world?? :rolleyes:

You have gotta be kidding!!

 

[lord_of_darkness]

Hey sunil do you get paid for umpiring or is it just on your own will?

 

[Neil Pickup]

I would expect so, I get paid for football refereeing in League and Cup games.

 

[Eyes_Only]

I would expect so, I get paid for football refereeing in League and Cup games.

Not necessarly....in Austraila, it depends if you are a First-Class Ump or not....if you're not, you're doing it for the love of the game!! :cheesy:

 

[Neil Pickup]

Not even a few quid/dollars?

 

[Eyes_Only]

AFAIK....nope not even a few dollars!!