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When asked to fill in for a scorer who had become sick, I was the only scorer working with an umpire I did not know, who was doing both ends. Unfortunately, he sometimes did not wait for me to acknowledge his signals, and when I asked him why at the lunch break, he said that he knew he had sent the right signal in my direction, so why should he? I did not know what to do.
This raises the importance of a meeting before the start of a match between the umpire( s) and scorer( s). This is the time for both sides to agree the signalling protocol. An ECB ACO umpire would have been educated about waiting for an acknowledgement and would not have allowed the game to continue. In this case, you rightly asked for the reason for the umpire continuing without waiting for an acknowledgement. Since he did not know, or had forgotten, the requirement to wait for an acknowledgement, you could have asked him to wait for an acknowledgement before proceeding with the game.
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I asked an experienced scorer I was alongside in the box one day about linear scoring. She suggested that by way of practice I copy up from my box scorebook( which is in colour) and translate ball-by-ball to linear. Would that be a useful way to learn? Is there something else I could do other than a live match?
My first recommendation would be to contact your local County Scorer Officer( CSO) and ask about attending a Linear Scoring workshop. If none are planned in your county, your CSO can find out about any Linear Scoring workshops in your region by contacting your Regional Scorer Officer( RSO). You could always try to find out about courses via the ECB ACO website or Notchers’ News. Notwithstanding the sales pitch, the suggestion by your colleague is a very good one and could be a place to start while you investigate a workshop. Another way would be to score a match using Total Cricket Scorer( TCS). If you used the top ribbon but showed the linear scoring sheet rather than the box scoresheet, you would see a linear sheet appear before your eyes.
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The striker’ s end umpire signalled a no ball for a fielding infringement. The umpires discussed what had happened and returned to their respective ends. No further signals were given by either umpire and the game continued. My colleague, not an accredited scorer, added the no ball to the score. I did not because the bowler’ s end umpire had not signalled. Who was correct?
In short, you were. I would have liked to have known what happened next. I would have taken note of the event( over / ball / time) and discussed this with the umpires at the next opportunity.
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In a league match( 50 overs), the umpires agreed the score at the end of the first innings. There had been a rain interruption and Duckworth Lewis Stern( DLS) had been used by the home team. The scoreboard operator put up the target and running DLS data outside the box. I had DLS on my laptop and decided that I would monitor the progress against the table. After a few overs, I noticed that the DLS figure for the end of the over in progress being advised by the home scorer to the scoreboard operator did not agree with mine. I re-input the data and still did not agree. I asked my colleague which version of DLS the DLS Match Manager( DLSMM) was using. I was advised it was the same as the previous season. I pointed out that a new version had been released and this gave a different answer. What should we have done?
This is a very good question and, regrettably, one that has occurred more than once this season. The decision on which version of DLS to use will be set by the league. All clubs should be notified about which version to use. The National Scorer Officer has copies of the latest version for distribution. It is something that could be discussed before the match with your colleague if they are the DLSMM. However, if there is a separate DLSMM, you could ask them to advise which version is being used. Once the second innings has started, the decision on what action to take would rest with the umpires.
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