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Post by gooders on Nov 25, 2012 23:20:51 GMT
Well doesn't that incident justify what my colleague and I say about training? We have suggested that all 1st and 2nd XI captains should attend a level one course. If Bairstow had learned the laws, he would not have walked off the field of play in Mumbai today.
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Post by mrsinghIndia on Dec 7, 2012 7:27:55 GMT
This is something I have been professing for years now. In my view, every cricket coaching camp / cricket team MUST have the basic knowledge of the Laws of Cricket (the more essential ones, which can be used by them to make them better players.) Level 1 should be about right. The Captain and Vice-captain need to know a bit more.Two or three one-hour sessions should do it. I can actually count on the fingers of one hand the number of players I have seen, at all levels, who really know the Laws. Another advantage is that, if this scheme is implemented, a lot of these players would be ready for another, now lucrative, career as an umpire, once they hang up their boots.
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Post by gooders on Dec 7, 2012 15:55:02 GMT
It is rather unfortunate that some of my esteemed colleagues who umpire at ECB Premier league level, are of the mindset that "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing". Personally, I think that is a somewhat short-sighted attitude.
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