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