“It’s part of the ongoing development programme the BCCI is conducting with its umpires,” he informed at the Bangalore’s National Cricket Acadamy.
“We’re conducting a series of workshops for the best 100 umpires in India. What we’re focusing on particularly is the third-umpire work, match management, effective communication, and exploring how they can improve,” the 43-year-old added.
The workshop is part of the BCCI’s attempts to help the umpires progress among the ranks to be recognised in the ICC Elite Panel. The Aussie, who left the job after officiating in the final of the 2012 World T20, said the communication: both with fellow umpires and also with players is much important for getting the right decisions.
“In a noisy game that might have 30,000 people, we want to keep the communication between on-field and third umpires short and concise by using agreed terminology to avoid confusions. We’re also working out on how to build better relationships with captains, coaches, administrators and umpires because umpiring is a team sport,” mentioned Taufel, arguably the best umpire of the last decade.
India have high quality umpires
The man who stood in his first Test at the age of 29, is impressed with India’s talent pool in umpiring and rated them highly.
“What’s really pleasing to see is that we’ve got a very good panel of international umpires now in S Ravi, C Shamsuddin, Anil Chaudhary and Vineet Kulkarni, who are all extremely high-quality. They are getting better all the time and their competition is good,” the New South Wales-born replied to his view on the Indians’ standard of umpiring in the ICC Elite Panel.
On the challenges an umpire face in India: “Umpiring in India presents its own challenges. You’ve got the environment, hot conditions – humid ones in Chennai for example – turning pitches, not much seam and bounce. You’ve also got challenges outside the boundary – different food, the large distances you have to travel between matches,” he concluded.
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