A scorer's mentality
Uday Gharat became an official scorer at the Mumbai Cricket Association during the 1990-91 season and since then has recorded over two hundred Indian domestic games, as well as 30 ODIs and 9 Tests
Tariq Engineer
25-Feb-2013
Uday Gharat became an official scorer at the Mumbai Cricket Association during the 1990-91 season and since then has recorded over two hundred Indian domestic games, as well as 30 ODIs and 9 Tests. Gharat became a scorer by accident. As a cashier at the Bank of Baroda, he was unable to establish a regular place in bank’s cricket team and turned to scoring to stay involved. In the Indian Express, Bharat Sundaresan explores how technology has changed Gharat's trade.
Having devoted a major part of his last 22 years to cricket scoring, Gharat now also conducts annual courses for those aiming to follow his path at the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA). And while insisting that he has never once committed an error during his illustrious scoring career even during the pre-laptop era, he can’t help but reiterate the comfort that technology has brought about in his area of expertise. “These days, even a mistake can be revoked by a single click,” he says.
Tariq Engineer is a former senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo