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an umpires dilemma
Hi All
I Was searching for an answer to a couple of umpiring situations I have had recently
I was Umpiring a match and we had to be strict with wides down the legside, a ball went close to the batsman down the legside, he made an attempt to play it and I did not think that any contact was made by either Bat/Body/pads ect.The wicky & fielder started to make a loud appeal for a catch but the wicky fumbled it and dropped the ball. As I said, I did not think the batsman had hit it at all and so called it a wide Wicky and Fielder both claimed that it was not a wide as he hit it,I was going to ignore this but the Batsman then admitted that he had got a touch I was not sure what to do so I decided to change my decision to a Dot ball.However, later I wondered if I did make the right call. as if the wicky had held the ball would the batsman have been as forthcoming that he had touched? it so my question is should I have changed my decision or kept to my original view?
The second Question is why am I not allowed CALL a NO BALL for height at square leg as well as signal it? the reason being that I signaled a NO BALL ,a full toss over waist height from a fast bowler which the striker hit hard and was well caught at mid-wicket the batsman began walking as the umpire at bowlers end saw my signal and called the NO BALL but the catcher who was looking towards me and who had seen my signal wizzed the ball in and hit the stumps before I could call a dead ball "batsman leaving his crease thinking he had been dismissed" which I always try to do as I hate this way of dismissal but all this happened so fast and the fielding side wanted the wicket to stand.
If I had been able to CALL the NO BALL then the batsmen would probably not have been dismissed
Any views ?
Hi All
I Was searching for an answer to a couple of umpiring situations I have had recently
I was Umpiring a match and we had to be strict with wides down the legside, a ball went close to the batsman down the legside, he made an attempt to play it and I did not think that any contact was made by either Bat/Body/pads ect.The wicky & fielder started to make a loud appeal for a catch but the wicky fumbled it and dropped the ball. As I said, I did not think the batsman had hit it at all and so called it a wide Wicky and Fielder both claimed that it was not a wide as he hit it,I was going to ignore this but the Batsman then admitted that he had got a touch I was not sure what to do so I decided to change my decision to a Dot ball.However, later I wondered if I did make the right call. as if the wicky had held the ball would the batsman have been as forthcoming that he had touched? it so my question is should I have changed my decision or kept to my original view?
The second Question is why am I not allowed CALL a NO BALL for height at square leg as well as signal it? the reason being that I signaled a NO BALL ,a full toss over waist height from a fast bowler which the striker hit hard and was well caught at mid-wicket the batsman began walking as the umpire at bowlers end saw my signal and called the NO BALL but the catcher who was looking towards me and who had seen my signal wizzed the ball in and hit the stumps before I could call a dead ball "batsman leaving his crease thinking he had been dismissed" which I always try to do as I hate this way of dismissal but all this happened so fast and the fielding side wanted the wicket to stand.
If I had been able to CALL the NO BALL then the batsmen would probably not have been dismissed
Any views ?
