'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.

From what I have seen of HawkEye, it is pretty close to being accurate in tracking the ball and telling us where it pitches but is not 100 per cent accurate. I favour WYSIWYG technology (what you see is what you get) and the only technology that fits this description and shows fact is HotSpot.
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The biggest change from the start of my umpiring experience till now is that there is now an umpiring career pathway and an opportunity to become a full time umpire and to become a professional umpire -- that opportunity did not exist at any level until before 2002.