Umpire altering his decision promptly !

[Mayur Wankhade Deshmukh]

Have you ever exercise the following law practically on the field of play ? If , yes please tell how ? and what was your promptness in that ?

27.9. Umpire’s decision
An umpire may alter his decision provided that such alteration is made promptly. This apart, an umpire’s decision, once made, is final.

Here is an example : www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBlk51RqDmo

[sillypoint]

I did once early in my career (second season if I recall correctly). I had turned down a leg bye on the basis that no attempt had been made to hit the ball. The batsman, an experienced player and fair-minded captain, immediately protested that he had been trying to avoid being hit and that that entitled him to the run. I immediately realised that I had overlooked that part of the Law (he was trying to duck under the ball and had ben struck on the shoulder), so I simply said: "Yes, you are right, I'll correct that", turned to the scorers and changed my signals to allow the leg bye. There was some protest from the fielding captain, but it was easily settled when I pointed out the Laws involved.

[missingleg]

I did once in a friendly match when I mistakenly gave a run which should have been a leg bye - the bowler said that's come off your pad and the batsman said yes, so I said thank you and signalled a leg bye.

As of yet, I've never changed an out/not out decision.

[gooders]

Usually, the revoke previous signal has been used by my good self when I have thought the ball may have grounded just inside the boundary, and signalled boundary four, only to be subsequently informed by the nearest fielder that it pitched on the boundary line, so had to change the signal to Boundary six.

[Mayur Wankhade Deshmukh]

thanks all of you for sharing your experiences. i was thinking of what will it take to alter caught behind or lbw decision ? and also will it practically good scene to do that even if you are confirm that such alteration is prompt ?

[gooders]

To be honest, with LBW decisions, I have made sure that I am confident in my decision before announcing it, so once made, I will not change my mind, likewise with caught, so the situation never arises

[tippex2]

I've only changed an out/not out decision once. I was umpiring an indoor match, with springback stumps in place. A throw came in, and hit the stumps hard with the batsman short of his ground. I immediately put my finger up, and then just as quickly took it down when I realised that the ball had hit precisely on the pivot point of the stumps, and that the bails hadn't moved.

Possibly I should have waited a second before giving the decision, but a run-out isn't like an LBW where a second or two's reflection is helpful.

[duncanfrancis]

The key thing is to take your time and be happy that the decision you are giving is correct. Most of these type of problems occur when the umpire is far too fast putting the finger up. Take your time, think the decision through, then give your decision.