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The players from the batting side umpired when I played second XI cricket.
Application of the rules was sporadic at times.
Relax and remember you’re all there to enjoy it. Advise rather than enforce - if a player oversteps on their delivery, for example, they won’t learn much from conceding a no ball the first couple of times.
Also - do you really need to be marking every dot ball in the scorebook for u11 cricket? I’d say probably not.
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The only people that moan about umpires are the bowlers and batsman that get out lbw, the rest of us are happy that someone else is out there trying to count to 6.
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kidboy
@Greenbank
Daughter starting to play in the local "Smash it" U11 girls league this weekend.
The parents have to do all of the various jobs and I'm really hoping I don't get thrown straight into the deep end either umpiring or scoring (I've just had an hour long intro session into the Play Cricket scoring app - ugh).
Watching cricket, and playing recreationally/occasionally at school thousands of years ago, is all a bit different to trying to keep an eye on things during a real game, even if it is a bunch of U11's.
If I do end up being the best option for an umpire it'll be chaotic to say the least.