Umpires and retirement age
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http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2004/jan/24prem.htm[^] I believe that umpires should be retired at 55. What do you guys think? Nish
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http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2004/jan/24prem.htm[^] I believe that umpires should be retired at 55. What do you guys think? Nish
Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework [NW] (coming soon...) Summer Love and Some more Cricket [NW] (My first novel) Shog's review of SLASMC [NW] This post was made from Trivandrum city, India on a 0.0001 KB/s net connection
What about reporters being retired for lack of concentration also: rediff.com wrote: David Shepherd is 63+ December 27, 1949 By my calculations that would put David Shepherd at 54 on his last birthday (so he has quite a few years to go before getting to 63+) --Colin Mackay--
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http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2004/jan/24prem.htm[^] I believe that umpires should be retired at 55. What do you guys think? Nish
Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework [NW] (coming soon...) Summer Love and Some more Cricket [NW] (My first novel) Shog's review of SLASMC [NW] This post was made from Trivandrum city, India on a 0.0001 KB/s net connection
Instead of that I think the captains of both teams should have red flags (2 per each innings). If the captain is not satisfied with the umpire's decision then the captain of the team can contest that decision by throwing red flag (just like NFL - American Football). If the decision is correct(With the help of 3rd umpire), then team which contested the decision should be penalized. (either runs or overs) If the umpire's decision is wrong then that player can come back to grease. ;)
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Instead of that I think the captains of both teams should have red flags (2 per each innings). If the captain is not satisfied with the umpire's decision then the captain of the team can contest that decision by throwing red flag (just like NFL - American Football). If the decision is correct(With the help of 3rd umpire), then team which contested the decision should be penalized. (either runs or overs) If the umpire's decision is wrong then that player can come back to grease. ;)
Promise only what you can do. And then deliver more than what you promised.
This signature was created by "Code Project Quoter".Kant wrote: If the umpire's decision is wrong then that player can come back to grease. Grease? :rolleyes: Regards, Rohit Sinha Browsy
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http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2004/jan/24prem.htm[^] I believe that umpires should be retired at 55. What do you guys think? Nish
Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework [NW] (coming soon...) Summer Love and Some more Cricket [NW] (My first novel) Shog's review of SLASMC [NW] This post was made from Trivandrum city, India on a 0.0001 KB/s net connection
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http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2004/jan/24prem.htm[^] I believe that umpires should be retired at 55. What do you guys think? Nish
Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework [NW] (coming soon...) Summer Love and Some more Cricket [NW] (My first novel) Shog's review of SLASMC [NW] This post was made from Trivandrum city, India on a 0.0001 KB/s net connection
PostScript: I was tempted to argue, at equal length, the fines imposed on Ganguly and the rest. Wet ball, slippery outfield, crucial point of the game, left-right batting combination in the middle, and Ganguly was expected to rush his bowlers, ignore field settings? Even though his opposite number, Ricky Ponting, with none of the above pressures was, in the same game, guilty of overshooting the stipulated time by pretty much the same margin? (Ganguly was three overs shy, Ponting was 2.4 overs short – one player and his team are fined and, worse, found guilty of not playing the game in the right spirit, the other merits not even a mention?) This paragraph by Panicker (I love that name, seems to describe him) is where he fell down. While I would have no problem with Ponting and the Australian team being fined for going over the time limit his reasoning is faulty. Most of Australia's bowler's come off a long run causing the Australian team to run over time (yes this is their own problem) while India spent their time playing with themselves and wasting time every ball. Even when the batsmen didn't change ends which meant they didn't have to worry about changing the field for left ot right handers. But what's the big deal their big boys out there, professional cricketers and all that? If they can't handle the left/right batting combination they shouldn't be playing. Ganguly was merely trying to bore the Australian's to sleep so he could get wickets more easily. If they concentrated more on bowling and getting on with the game they may have won. At least they would have had a better shot than with the time wasting. As for the umpire retirement age, on one hand I agree but then I think of Dickie Bird who umpired into his 60's and was still the best in the world when he retired. I think they probably need a review commitee that has a quite word in the ear of an umpire who is dropping in standards and tell him to retire or get fired. Umpires probably want to continue on longer than in years gone by as they are flown around the world, paid good money and put up in hotels and such. Would be hard to give up and what is their likely career after umpiring? Michael Martin Australia "I suspect I will be impressed though, I am easy." - Paul Watson 21/09/2003