#48 The Third Team

About this episode

The episode discusses the collaboration between umpires and scorers in cricket, focusing on various aspects of their roles and responsibilities.

In which Mark, Brian and Sue make up a third team with Middlesex Premier League umpires Matti Watton and Vinoj Srinivasan to discuss umpires and scorers working together for the good of the game. They discuss match preparation, local knowledge, coffee preferences, downtime, dining together, what scorers need to know to support the umpires, mutual empathy, preparing for higher levels and lots more. They ponder such questions as 'Should scorers attend the toss?' and 'Should scorers offer feedba...

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark, Brian, Sue

Guests: Matti Watton, Vinoj Srinivasan

Topics covered

• umpires
• scorers
• match preparation
• local knowledge
• mutual empathy
• higher levels of play

Keywords

• cricket
• umpires
• scorers
• match preparation
• local knowledge
• dining together
• feedback

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Middlesex Premier League

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