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Bruce Wood
Bruce Wood
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I am proud to be a member of NSWCUSA, which has to be the most reputable umpiring body outside of MCC Lords. I can still recall the international umpires who presented at my initial NSWCUSA training course in 2002, including Simon Taufel and Darrell Hair. There are so many great umpires and people willing to share their experience and advice.
NSWCUSA provides expert training, resources, coaching and feedback, and I have received very good support from Darren Goodger, Claire Polosak, Troy Penman and Bede Sajowitz. As mentioned above, I am the Umpires’ Co-ordinator for the Associated Schools of NSW (CAS), and we are formally affiliated with NSWCUSA.
Arthur Watson has also been a wonderful colleague and source of umpiring guidance to me over the years, as I’ve been fortunate to partner him on the field about 12 times. Arthur holds the record for the highest number of matches umpired in NSW Premier Cricket. He is a former international umpire, having officiated in three ODI matches involving England, Australia and the West Indies in 1979-80.

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Simon Taufel
Simon Taufel
Business Coach
Central Coast, NSW, Australia
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The advice I would offer an aspiring young umpire is to be patient.
Do the apprenticeship and umpire as many matches as you can. Find a good coach and mentor. Make as many mistakes as you can at the lowest levels and learn quickly (from others). Never worry about matches you should be umpiring, just umpire that match in front of you the best you can and let the selectors take care of everything else. Focus on your game and what you can do – above all, enjoy it or find something else to be passionate about.

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Wayne Holdsworth
Wayne Holdsworth
Business Development Manager
Sydney, Australia
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In relation to the Mankad issue and its increased regularity especially in T20 cricket.
Bowlers are penalised for going 1mm over the crease for a no ball and it cost the team one run plus a free hit which could mean the penalty is 7 runs if the free hit is hit for 6. Bowlers are also penalised if they’re stray outside the markers and the ball is called a wide and it could also cost their team 7 runs if the additional bowl is hit for 6. That’s all fine because it’s in the rules.
The Mankad is in the rules but it’s not a good look and creates tension amongst the players so with all the technology involved in the game what if a penalty is introduced to the batting team if the batter leaves the crease before the ball is bowled.
The technology and penalty take the pressure off the bowlers and the umpires and like the bowler’s penalties means the batters have to stick to the rules of the game.
Is 2 or 3 runs too much of a penalty, keen to get your thoughts.

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James Knight
James Knight
Founder
Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Can anyone tell me what the protocols are for head-knocks in junior cricket? I witnessed an incident on the weekend when a young boy was hit in the helmet by a fast bowler. Thankfully, he appeared to be be okay. However, no one knew for certain what to do. On further digging, we found some guidelines from CA, but they were primarily directed at concussion incidents. As the research now suggests, a person doesn't need to be concussed to suffer head trauma.

In the case of children in particular, should there be more stringent guidelines in place to avoid any confusion? EG: If hit in the head or helmet a child should take no further part in the game.

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Max Porter
Max Porter
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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I try and get as close to the stumps as I can when I bowl, and my action means I get close to the umpire. I always ask if the umpire can move back a little, some are ok, but others don’t want to move. Because I get so close if they don’t move it makes me uncomfortable and affects my bowling. My question is shouldn’t they all move back if it helps the bowler?

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Peter Chambers
Peter Chambers
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Rule changes.
1. I have never understood the rule for LBW where the ball must hit the bat in line with the off stump. In most instances we see these days with the DRS the ball is hitting somewhere between middle or clipping leg and hitting off rarely happens due to the angles involved. Surely if the bowler has done enough to beat the bat and the ball is hitting the stumps then it’s out. Pitching outside leg is still not out
2. In T20 get rid of the maximum number of overs and have a simple rule stating five bowlers must bowl. End of story and would make the final overs potentially a lot more exciting where runs must be made against the best bowlers and makes captain decisions and strategy more important . Same for 50 over games where fifth bowler only has to bowl four minimum and no maximum
3. Allow outfield catches where the starting position of the fielder is inside the boundary. We should be encouraging the spectacular catches we are now seeing that finish outside the boundary.

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