It's a shade disappointing to be handed team sheets by skippers who fail to read the not-so-small print. On the official team card, produced by the ECB for use in club cricket, captains are asked to state the AGE GROUP of youngsters. However, what we get on the card is often the player's age (eg 16).
If you ask the bowler, it's common to find he is in the next age category, and may well be entitled to an extra over in each stint.
The correct entry, such as U16, U15, U14, U18, would certainly help officials.
It must have been great to umpire in the days before the bowling restrictions and team cards came in, and it was not the norm to note the score/wickets lost at the end of every over on one of those special cards.
No comments:
Post a Comment