Index
- Umpires Home
- 2.1 Appointment and attendance
- 2.2 Change of umpire
- 2.3 Consultation with captains
- 2.4 Wickets, creases and boundaries
- 2.5 Conduct of game, implements ....
- 2.6 Fair & unfair play
- 2.7 Fitness for play
- 2.8 Suspension of play ...
- 2.9 Position of umpires
- 2.10 Umpires changing ends
- 2.11 Disagreement and dispute
- 2.12 Umpire's decision
- 2.13 Signals
- 2.14 Informing the umpires
- 2.15 Correctness of scores
Both umpires are the sole judges of fair and unfair play and this is emphasised in the Preamble to the Laws and in Law 41
Many acts of unfair play are specifically defined within the Laws and it is for the umpires alone, to judge whether any action falls within the Law definitions or, if none of these definitions is relevant, whether the action is fair or not
In cases of unfair play, the umpires can decide independently of each other but consultation is encouraged particularly if either umpire is aware of an imminent problem
The umpires may be able to act early enough to prevent a problem escalating such as the bowler starting to 'sledge' the batsman and early intervention by the umpires and captain should calm the situation