WHAT'S THIS ABOUT
- Umpire Call Offs especially for early start matches on Sundays.
PROPOSAL
- Introduce a cheaper "umpire attends the match but play didn't start" fee.
DISCUSSION
- We need a less disastrous way to call off early Sunday morning matches when it's wet.
- Teams are naturally not happy about paying umpire fees when the outcome is a no start game. (Paying full whack for services not received...hmm?)
- If an umpire attends the game it is not acceptable to deny them expenses.
- If the game's off it's up to Captains to decide this together (See Reg 10)
- Washout call off decisions can be quite difficult to make when there is an early start and weather is anything less than a downpour.
- How about a new approach to Umpire fees?
- e.g. introduce a "umpire attends but play didn't start" fee (much less than $150)
- Be careful of perverse incentives... eg. no start = umpire gets $20, bowl one ball in the wet, then call off = umpire gets $150...
- Who made that decision? Oh yeah....which horse are you gonna back? Hmm?.
In defence of the current scheme, umpires cannot be expected to sacrifice potential time wasted at a cricket match for free when (in the case of self employed people) they may be passing up work income to attend the match.
Is this not really a regulations issue?
QSDCA ManCom declined to endorse this proposal in May 2025
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