Author: Not Out

Price. You’re priceless. (Bret Easton Ellis) One of the first of many homespun philosophies I heard on the Level One umpiring course was this little gem: ...

We live and move in a sea of miracle. (James Brown) When I first started playing League cricket around fifty years ago, pre-season training consisted of a half-...

Who in the name of God would bring a half-eaten eight-ounce jar of Hellmann’s mayonnaise to a public meeting? (Tom Wolfe) I’m at the batter’s end fo...

It’s partly true, too, but it isn’t all true. (JD Salinger) Some years ago I had the pleasure of meeting a professor of neuroscience who was researc...

I was just caught up in a life in which I could find no meaning. (Charles Bukowski) During the months of May through to September, an umpire, if so inclined, ca...

Here goes nothing. It will be interesting to see what happens. (Sloan Wilson) The old English Cricket Board (ECB) Level 1 umpiring course was excellent, althoug...