Tag: Umpires

Jimmy Anderson should have know it is a big boy’s game | Derek Pringle

22 August 2021 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE I’M surprised that James Anderson, given his vast experience, doesn’t know that revenge is a dish best served […]

Trent Bridge washout sees first Test between England and India drawn

8 August 2021 0 comments

The prospect of a dramatic finale to England’s first LV= Insurance Test against India was washed out at Trent Bridge, […]

Rain leaves Sussex and Kent winless

1 August 2021 0 comments

SUSSEX Sharks and Kent Spitfires are still looking for their first win in the Royal London Cup after more intervention […]

Saif code breach warrants long ban

4 July 2021 0 comments

A NORTHAMPTON- SHIRE Cricket League player has been banned for ten weeks after breaking the ECB anti-discrimination code. Mohammed Saif […]

There’s no light at the end of Eoin Morgan’s tunnel

20 June 2021 0 comments

EOIN Morgan questioned the decision to start a non-floodlit game at 5.30pm after Middlesex slipped to a controversial two-run Duckworth-Lewis […]

Broad joins increasing calls for ICC to scrap the soft signal

13 June 2021 0 comments

STUART Broad has called on the ICC to scrap the soft signal on contentious catches after he was controversially denied […]

Bore draw starts the inquest over umpire’s protocols

23 August 2020 0 comments

By Chris Stocks Second Test, August 9-13, The Ageas Bowl, Southampton England 110-4d (Crawley 53, Sibley 32) (Abbas 2-28, Shaheen […]

Monty is the Don in Clifton victory

18 August 2019 0 comments

By Joe Leavey Allround overseas star: Teenage South African spinner Matthew Montgomery starred with both bat and ball THE JOYS […]

Match officials for ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 announced

26 April 2019 0 comments

All 22 match officials on their way to England this summer

Cricket Australia to offer free Tests tickets to fans after BBL match suffers power cut

18 January 2019 0 comments

26,000 fans had to go home after a power cut ended the BBL match prematurely

Pair break ton duck at last to Hold onto hope

21 September 2018 0 comments

By Roderick Easdale 100 club: Max Holden, left, and Sam Robson, right, both hit tons for Middlesex, whilst Matt Critchley, […]

DRS WOULD HAVE BEEN TUFFERS’ FRIEND

17 August 2018 0 comments

RECENT discussion about the benefits to spin bowlers of the Decision Review System, proving many more deliveries would have hit […]

ICC comes down hard on Sri Lankan internationals charged over ball-tampering protest

16 July 2018 0 comments

Sri Lanka are due to play South Africa knowing a draw or better can hand them a Test series victory

Test cricket on the brink of another scandal after umpires order ball to be changed?

16 June 2018 0 comments

Here we go again…

Law 42 has the recipe to lead to spite around club cricket

24 April 2018 0 comments

Club cricket organisers fear new law could trigger more conflict than it has been brought in to resolve

HOW DID IT GET SO BAD?

23 March 2018 0 comments

SIX hours of hearings attended by m’learned friends and Kagiso Rabada is free to play his part in the rest […]

ECB reject Middlesex appeal to confirm their relegation and Somerset’s survival

17 October 2017 0 comments

Cricket Discipline Commission suggests Middlesex would not have been able to recover over rate even if Oval match had reconvened

Gibson off to winning start with Proteas

6 October 2017 0 comments

By George Jones 1st Test, Sep 28-Oct 2, 1st Test, Sep 28-Oct 2, Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Senwes Park, […]

Come on, do you know the rules?

22 September 2017 0 comments

WHEN I was vaguely young enough to play cricket for my village side, I liked to be square-leg umpire when […]

Humiliation of defeat to India sees Sri Lanka selectors quit en masse

29 August 2017 0 comments

Chairman of selectors Sanath Jayasuriya resigns after heavy losses to India

Rainbow Laces are a hit for Grace’s

11 August 2017 0 comments

By Dan Barnes A WEST London outfit believed to be ‘the world’s only gay cricket club’ have toasted the ECB’s […]

Shreck’s ‘fond’ farewell

7 July 2017 0 comments

CHARLIE SHRECK hangs up his spikes with “fond memories” after the Leicestershire bowler retired with immediate effect. Former Notts and […]

Penalise bowlers for slow over rates

16 June 2017 0 comments

Your shout… Persistent: Rain blighted some Trophy matches PAUL Nixon writes “No Result in 66 Overs? That’s an own goal”. […]

Carving them up meant the world

19 May 2017 0 comments

By Charlie Peat Yorkshire 258-7 (Ballance 71, Rafiq 52*, Griffiths 3-46) Leicestershire 238 (Delport 68, Carver 3-24) Yorkshire won by […]

Alison Mitchell column – Women Test umpires? Why not, if they’re good enough

25 April 2017 0 comments

Rarely has this column sought out a particular scorecard from ICC World Cricket League Division 5. However, there are two […]