Third Umpire Environment

THIRD UMPIRE ENVIRONMENT

These slides illustrate the range of environments our umpires work in

Each umpire organizes documentation according to individual style and preferences.

The slides also illustrate the variety of technology our umpires need to be familiar with using.

Making the room your own

Alex Wharf

Dhaka, January 2019

BPL

Simulation

Alex Wharf

Home, April 2020

Additional DRS Screen IPL

Bruce Oxenford

Jaipur, March 2019

Displaying The DRS Count

Bruce Oxenford

Jaipur, March 2019

DRS Touch Screen Counter

Introduced in CWC19

The count appears simultaneously on the big screen in the ground.

DRS Touch Screen Counter

Standard ICC DRS Games

Anil Chaudhary uses the ICC iPad to input data during a match

Pune 2021

See the accompanying video in this section

DRS Counter

Michael Gough CWC19

3rd Umpire Simulation

Michael Gough

Old Trafford, CWC19

New Comms Unit

Paul Reynolds

Clontarf, May 2019

Triangular Series

Large Comms Unit

Ruchira Palliyaguruge

Oval, September 2019

5th Ashes Test

Crescent Comm Engineer Paul Jones prepares the room

Old Trafford, 2018

Multi-Screen

Paul Wilson

WWC 2017 Final, Lord’s

Enlarged Next Screen

THIRD UMPIRE EXAMPLES

Comms Unit showing the switches below the Director (DIR) Channel & Director’s Assistant (DA) Channels

Modular Comms Unit Microphone

New Comms Unit, Ireland 2019, Clontarf

New Comms Unit, Ireland 2018, Malahide

Comms Unit, WWC 2017 Final, Lord’s, Paul Wilson

Reminder Notes (Replay Sequence), ODI 2017, Dharamshala, Simon Fry

Vrinda Rathi, Out and Not Out, April 2020, Simulation Session

Rizwan Akram, Out and Not Out, April 2020, Simulation Session

Rizwan Akram, DRS Counter, June 2020, Simulation Session

Reminder Notes, ODI 2017, Dharamshala, Paul Reiffel

Preparation, ODI Centurion, 2016, Richard Illingworth

Consistency in Preparation, ODI Centurion, 2016, Richard Illingworth

Out/Not Out Cards, ODI 2017, Dharamshala, Simon Fry

Comms Set-Up, Mumbai 2016, Anil Chaudhary

Satellite Setup OBU & HawkEye, Durban 2017

Comms, Lord’s 2016, Joel Wilson

Audio Studio OBU

Director’s Assistant OBU

Compilation Studio OBU

Director OBU, MCG 2011

Don’t be afraid of making yourself comfortable.

He’s using $20k of equipment, but nothing beats a towel to rest your head on!

High Speed Cameras - 2000 - 10,000 FPS