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Kitting out a new youth team We are starting a new u10 & u12 cricket team for local children but as we have no other youth teams we have no kit is there any sporting body or association in the UK we could approach for funding to help get the team kitted out ?? any advice welcomed

Re: Ask the Umpire! Thanks for the reply,I contacted my local umpire association who confirmed that If you fail to call a dead ball before the batsman is out then you cannot turn down the run out appeal this is why I asked the Question as to why I cannot call the NO BALL from square leg as...

Re: Ask the Umpire! In terms of your "run out" scenario - then just call dead ball, and not out, as soon as you call dead ball then it stops all play, and essentially speaking nothing can happen with the play that just occurred. As I wrote, I would usually call dead ball but the...

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...

Re: Ask the Umpire! Hi 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...

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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...

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...