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Had a simple weekend. Just one league match which finished early.
1st Inn the team bowled their 45 overs quickly, 2h25 (25 min early!) One plumb LBW torker and also a batter stood on his stumps on all three.
150 target was chased in 31 overs, in 1h45.
All very well behaved.
This week, I only had 2 matches!
Neither were close nor difficult.
1st Inning 1st wicket at 179 with the overs including 114 off 68 balls.
2nd innings 145 all out!
I missed my update last week. I had to wait for the end of a discipline case.
It was the end of a long week, follow my updates on the 6th I continued with another 3 matches, thus 6 in 8 days.
The league match last week was won by 1 run!! Including a run out of the last ball.
It was a high pressure match for the players and officials alike.
We also had the only discipline issue by umpires in out league. It was dissent by a batter but not disputed by anyone after the report.
The home club had site screens for the 1st time. One fell over as we began!
I've just completed my first weekend of the season with 4 matches done.
Saturday was a close T20 with a 14 run victory. An enjoyable match in the sun with a great crowd. Only had the issue that 17" lines were missed as one end so had to judge it myself without any complaints.
Sunday was Womens Grand Slam. With 3 umpires for 3 matches we had 4 innings each. I stood in one semi, one innings of the other Semi and one in the Final.
The players were please to umpire.
Started in Sun, had rain (but continued) and then finished in the Sun.
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I managed to get a match in at the 4th attempt.
1. Had wet area in the outfield. It was marked out & treated as a tree
2. Batter didn't put his bat past the crease: one run short
3. Has to remind a batter to stay off the protected area when running: he was ball watching!
Unfortunately, my match fell foul to the weather again.
0 out of 3 match days so far.
Can I make it 1 out of 4 with a rearranged Cup on Sunday?
I got the phone call that my match had fallen to the rain.
I had just made it out of the door, but hadn't closed it when the call came.
Not sure if many matches will be completed in Sussex today. (60% already confirmed as off)
I managed to get one pre-season match (out of 3).
As with over half the matches in Sussex my Cup match was postponed. I was glad I was informed on Friday evening which gave me a chance to watch my club's 1st league match of the season.
Come on the Sun.☀️
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The @SussexCricketLg is now complete, I stood every week.
Today both teams were playing for pride with their positions set before the match started. It was an enjoyable day and I had the pleasure of standing with a new colleague more experience than myself – another learning day
I was involved in 5 matches over the weekend. Saturday’s match was an enjoyable day.
One team was already relegated but surprised themselves in a reasonable chase.
On Sunday I scored for my club team in a 12-run victory in a very friendly fixture.
Monday was my 2nd finals day of the year. Plenty of sun and spectators. It was and enjoyable day with 5 of my colleagues umpiring 6 matches in the day. Due to the pressure, we did have some minor issues and batters running on the protected area with some coaching about it needed.
This weekend I had a close league match on Saturday
The league match was a hard day and was won with just under 10 overs to spare. There were a lot of appeals which I had to turn down. The pitch allowed spin a lot so there were legside wides due to the amount of turn.
I have 3 finals days this year and the first one was yesterday and have 2 more over the next two weekends.
It was a bit one sided but an enjoyable day.