Association of Cricket Officials Issue 32 | Page 15
Argentina – the native country of Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona,
where the mention of Chris Gayle, Don Bradman and Shane Warne is
met with a perplexed look and cricket is often mistaken for croquet.
Surrey ACO umpire Andrew Elliott, now based in the South American
country, was this year selected to umpire in the ICC WT20 Sub
Regional Qualifier. Here’s his account…
I’ve been based in Buenos Aires since 2013. I came out here
initially as an overseas coach for Cricket Argentina but my
background in umpiring in the Surrey Championship and county
age group (CAG) matches was soon picked up on and I was
pressed into service to stand in va