Memory Aids for Beginning Umpires
If you’re a beginning umpire struggling to remember the signals for the various cricket situations on which you must adjudicate, here are some simple memory aids to help you.
Out
Memory Aid: Imagine you have gone out on a date to a popular and busy restaurant.
Signal: Yeah, that’s right. The frazzled and dimwitted waiter is ignoring you. Raise one finger in the air to get their attention.
Dead Ball
Memory Aid: Imagine you have been invited to a ball. What dance would you not be caught dead doing?
Signal: You know it. If you put b…
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