Recent Eclectic Web Postings

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There has been some discussion about the accuracy of Hawk Eye and its use in ODR at duckingbeamers.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/the-hawk-eye-scandal/

Meteorite in Sussex Cricket - blog.taragana.com/sports/2010/07/26/meteorite-lands-on-field-during-cricket-match-122881/

Southland, New Zealand are trying to recruit and train more umpires with a visit by Billy Bowden - www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/sport/3963783/An-evening-with-Billy-Bowden

Is Ethan Peel of Oxfordshire, aged 15, the youngest qualified umpire? www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/8295370.CRICKET__Peel_set_to_be_youngest_umpire_in_Oxfordshire/

For no obvious reason, the Shakoor Rana incident has been revisited by in.reuters.com/article/idINLDE66Q1X220100728?feedType=RSS&feedName=cricketNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FINcricketNews+%28News+%2F+IN+%2F+Cricket+News%29

There is a bid by Toronto Umpires to put James Heather from Surrey into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame - www.insidetoronto.com/sports/article/853967--bid-to-put-east-york-cricket-legend-in-canadian-sports-hall-of-fame

ALSO www.blackcaps.co.nz/uploadGallery/umpires-and-scorers/Cricket_Umpiring_getting_started.pdf is a useful introduction to umpiring from New Zealand.

www.umpires.tv/publications/080814Umpiring_Technique_Manual.pdf published by IICUS

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Still more controversies

Suraj Randiv deliberately bowls No Ball to deprive Virender Sehwag of a century:
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournaments/sri-lanka-tri-series/top-stories/Why-umpire-Rauf-signalled-a-six/articleshow/6327642.cms

Kevin Petersen pulls away from delivery and then plays it, only to be caught and then given Dead Ball!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTMLdb-yCqw