Hi All
I Was searching for an answer to a umpiring situation 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 he 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?
SPIKE
I Was searching for an answer to a umpiring situation 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 he 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?
SPIKE