Association of Cricket Officials Issue 29 | Page 24

ECB ACO at the Women’s World Cup We would like to thank over 40 volunteers for their fantastic work throughout the recent Women’s World Cup. Under the cover of the brand-new ECB ACO marquees, an army of volunteers from across the country were on hand to engage with the thousands of fans at Bristol, Taunton, Derby and Leicester. The spectators, largely made up of schoolchildren, were shown how to score on a special lanyard, which came with the ticket, as well as a quiz of the Laws, in which they could win a signed England bat. Thank you again to everyone who helped across nearly 30 matches. ECB ACO’s very own Sue Drinkwater and Claire Green, who were the official scorers at Bristol for England v South Africa on 5 July. Women’s World Cup Scorers While the International Cricket Council (ICC) appointed an all-male umpire and referee panel of five to manage the final of the Women’s World Cup at Lord’s, between England and India, an all-female group of seven were chosen to look after a range of scoring duties during the match. The ICC delegated responsibility for selecting scorers for the 30 matches of the Women’s World Cup to the UK Association of County Cricket Scorers and the ECB’s Association of Cricket Officials (ACO). The official scorers for the final were Carol Bryant and Lynn Allen; the electronic scoreboard operators Sue Drinkwater and Su Klyne; the manual scoreboard operators Jo Potter and Helen Meardon; and the Duckworth Lewis Stern Match Manager (DLSMM) was Sue Jones. tutor for the ACO’s South Central region and the First XI scorer for High Wycombe Cricket Club in the Home Counties Premier League. Potter and Meardon both score for local clubs and are involved with their respective county set-ups, while Jones has been a scorer for nearly four decades, a time in which she was First XI scorer for minor counties side Berkshire. She is the ECB’s National Scorers' Officer and sits on the ACO's Management Committee representing the interests of scorers in the recreational game. She has been part of the team that works on the electronic board at Lord’s for Tests, men’s ODIs and Middlesex county games, becoming the first female to be included as part of that group back in 2003. Drinkwater, Klyne and Jones all sit on the ACO's Scorer Sub-Committee. Bryant played for Middlesex Women in the 1990s and has recorded the details of Middlesex Premier League fixtures for a number of years, plus women’s ODIs since 1997. Allen has been a scorer in the Northamptonshire Premier League for over two decades, during which time she also supported First Class and ‘A’ List level games, the latter including a men’s ODI in that role. Drinkwater, the ACO Scorer Education Manager, has recorded the details of men’s ODIs First Class, ‘A’ List, Twenty20, a range of county Second XI games, as well as Under-19s Test and ODIs. In 2013 she was presented with an ECB Outstanding Services to Cricket Award, primarily in recognition of more than three decades spent training scorers, and, in 2014, a British Empire Medal for services to cricket as a volunteer. Klyne, who has recorded the details of men’s Under-19 ODIs, is the Regional Scorer Officer and 24 email us at [email protected] contact us on 0121 446 2710 Taken in the Lord’s scorebox at the conclusion of the Women’s World Cup final, from left to right: Jo Potter, Su Klyne, Helen Meardon, Lynn Allen, Sue Drinkwater; Carol Bryant and Sue Jones.