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Gentlemen, let's break for tea ... and sandwiches

An umpire’s life is tough: they stand for hours watching ball after ball, are subjected to withering stares by players when appeals are turned down or upheld, criticised for bad decisions but not praised for any good ones and now face the

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Rethinking the referral system

A decent referral system needs to address the following

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

The dreaded finger

25-Feb-2013•Judhajit

Steve Bucknor: Over and out

Steve Bucknor, for 20 years the master of the long, slow decision, stands in his last international match tomorrow

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

'Now was my time to go'

Steve Bucknor opens up during an interview to Nitin Naik in the Times of India on various topics like his toughest game as umpire, the routines he goes through on match days and his partnership with David Shepherd with whom he umpired in three

25-Feb-2013•Judhajit

Troubling times for umpiring referrals

Malcolm Conn, writing in the Australian , looks at how the umpiring referral system is faring in its Test trial.

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Review system exposed again

The umpire review system continues to get mixed reviews, and Mike Haysman feels the current system needs a lot more tweaking

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

When God is the man 22 yards away

They say 'To err is human, to forgive divine’ and that's concretely manifested in almost every first-class game played in India

25-Feb-2013•Aakash Chopra

'Umpiring chose me' - Taufel

Simon Taufel, in an interview with Gautam Sheth in Daily News and Analysis , speaks of his career as an international umpire, the challenges, and the increasing use of technology in making decisions.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Hair loss a blow for umpiring

Malcolm Conn, writing in the Weekend Australian , laments the loss of Darrell Hair from top-level umpiring.

25-Feb-2013•Brydon Coverdale

In the heat of battle

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Umpiring cock-eyed

Billy Bowden and Daryl Harper had a moderate day, but their reputations could have been saved by use of television replays and a greater trust of the player's word, writes Simon Hughes in the Telegraph .

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Should one stand or walk?

In Supercricket , Pommie Mbangwa feels the referrals system in umpiring has a few loopholes and is not safe to try it out yet

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Hair and his effigies

For all that Darrell Hair is a fine umpire, his reinstatement will exacerbate racial divides within cricket's governing bodies, writes Barney Ronay in the Guardian :

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Players are the problem, not umpires

Jonathan Agnew , the BBC’s cricket correspondent, has used his blog to give some forthright views on the current mess in Australia

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Dodgy deeds leave sour taste

The initial fallout to the shenanigans at the SCG has started with Peter Roebuck firing the first shots

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

What kind of an umpire do you want?

Following Darrell Hair's certain exit from the ICC's Elite Panel of umpires, Frank Tyson asks whether it is preferable to leave the destiny of a Test or a rubber in the hands of a “nice guy umpire” like Dickie Bird or in the fingers of one who is

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Hair to go ahead with case against ICC

The feud between Darrell Hair and the ICC is set to be played out at a London tribunal next month after negotiations between the two parties broke down completely, according to a report in the Australian

25-Feb-2013•Brydon Coverdale

Protection of umpires

Richard Boock looks at the practice of denying basic technological assistance to umpires and referees in sports with a jaundiced eye in New Zealand's Sunday Star Times .

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Hair back in action ... in Canada

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

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