A report about the Toronto Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association’s Annual Presentations and Dinner has been published in the current issue of IndoCaribbean World (December 3, 2014). The event was held on November 29, 2014 at the Royal India Sweets and Restaurant, Brampton. The opening phase included moments of silence for young Australian cricketer Phil Hughes and for Israeli umpire Hillel Oscar, both of whom had died in recent onfield incidents.
Arnold Maddela, President of the Toronto Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association welcomed the guests, members and their spouses. The continued support of the umpires by their spouses was duly recognized. The guests included Mr. Praim Persuad (President, Cricket Council of Ontario), Mr. Shah Zafar (President, Hamilton District Cricket Leauge) and Mr. Ken Patel (Umpires Co-ordinator, Cricket Canada), each of whom expressed appreciation for the hard work of the umpires.
Mike Henry was presented the Umpire of the Year award. Radha Khrishnan received the Most Promising Umpire award and Saurabh Naik received the President’s Award. Presentations were also made to umpires who had been members of the Association for 25 years and certificates were issues to umpires who succeeded in Cricket Canada Umpiring Examinations that had been held in April and September 2014.

The report, written by Ishrat Ansari, comments on how the Association’s Umpire of the Year, Mike Henry checked with the scorers at the end of each innings in a game where Mr. Ansari was a scorer….”At innings end Mike’s score was the same as mine. It turned out that in order to assist me, he was scoring as well as umpiring.”
But, with respect, Mike Henry was observing the requirements of Law 3 at section 15 “Correctness of Scores” as it was in the version of the MCC’s 2000 Code of the Laws of Cricket that was in place at the start of 2007…..”the umpires shall satisfy themselves as to the correctness of the runs scored, the wickets that have fallen and, where appropriate, the number of overs bowled. They shall agree these with the scorers at least at every interval, other than a drinks interval, and at the conclusion of a match.”
Law 4, section 2 deals with “Correctness of Scores”, requiring the scorers to check with each other on regular basis and cross-references Law 3.15’s guidance to Umpires. Within Law 21 the Umpires are deemed responsible for the Correctness of the Result.
Thanks were also given to the Toronto Cricket Umpires and Scores Association’s sponsors for their generous support. Those sponsors were Yashi Sports, FX and Aquaorganix.
Thanks also to Ishrant Ansari for submitting a report about the event and to IndoCaribbean World for finding space to publish the report.
I wonder how many periodic reports are submitted to IndoCaribbean World and some of the significant range of ethnic newspapers and media that exist in the Greater Toronto Area and
across Canada on behalf of the leadership of the various cricket leagues and associations in this country ? It might be a useful idea for leagues that have an Elite Division to aim to ensure that the basic results of games in such division are published in a timely manner.
Israeli umpire, Mr. Hillel Oscar, had died of a severe head injury after being hit on the jaw a couple of days after the death of Australian batsman Phil Hughes. Mr. Oscar was a former captain of the Israeli national cricket team, according to a separate report in IndoCaribbean World. (EN)
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