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Worst job in cricket

biased indian

International Coach
from being one of the easiest job in cricket the job of third umpire has become the worst that some one can have with the start of new inovations by ICC.

if u r a 3rd umpire u have to watch the monitor which show only a line for 600+ deliveries and call the no ball .i think u will have to require very good concentration to do that job
 

Arjun

Cricketer Of The Year
  1. An all-rounder in the Indian team- you'll always end up a specialist.
  2. A reserve player for Australia- you'll rarely get a game.
  3. Coach of Pakistan- you won't last long.
  4. National Selector in Indian cricket- the captain always overrules you, even if he is wrong.
  5. Muttiah Muralitharan- you have to bowl a lot of overs. A LOT.
  6. Physio/fitness trainer for IND/NZ- please, not another breakdown!
  7. Captain of West Indies- a team that cannot support you, is responsible for experts calling for your removal.
  8. Match referee- you have to read all the paperwork in detail- that job is not a holiday!
 

Sudeep

International Captain
Gautam Bhimani, definitely.

From being a genuinely funny guy moving around Australia, he's gone onto pathetically trying-to-be-funny guy for the Shaz and Waz show.
 

Sudeep

International Captain
Ah, LOL, we're in the Champs Trophy forum, no need to rant over ESPN's SUCK here.

Anyway, yes, this new introduction is ridiculous.
a) It reduces the crediblity of the on-field umpires
b) It provides more stress on the 3rd umpire

Technology should be utilized where human decisions are not possible, but not otherwise...
 

Langeveldt

Soutie
Not sure what this tosh is reguarding using the third umpire to call no balls.. All seems a bit pointless to me..

Worst job in cricket? Any umpire!
 

Arjun

Cricketer Of The Year
How about the job of the group who have to keep on adjusting the sightscreens?
 

Nate

You'll Never Walk Alone
biased indian said:
from being one of the easiest job in cricket the job of third umpire has become the worst that some one can have with the start of new inovations by ICC.

if u r a 3rd umpire u have to watch the monitor which show only a line for 600+ deliveries and call the no ball .i think u will have to require very good concentration to do that job
thats an excellent point i doubt very much many people would have thought of. nice stuff :D
 

luckyeddie

Cricket Web Staff Member
Surely the worst job in cricket would have to be Glenn McGrath's sledging scriptwriter.

There are only so many words which start with 'F'.
 

Dar

School Boy/Girl Captain
They shouldn't get the elite umpires to do the no ball thing, there too important. I was watching the aussie usa game and Bucknor is doing it, its a waste of his time
 

Arjun

Cricketer Of The Year
Gautam Bhimani, definitely.

From being a genuinely funny guy moving around Australia, he's gone onto pathetically trying-to-be-funny guy for the Shaz and Waz show.
Good one. Not to mention our favourite commentators stuck with MAX- these men do a good job, only in the company of incompetents.
 

V Reddy

International Debutant
biased indian said:
if u r a 3rd umpire u have to watch the monitor which show only a line for 600+ deliveries and call the no ball .i think u will have to require very good concentration to do that job
I don't where but i think i heard the same exact comment somewhere :mellow: . Anyway it is a good point and would make the 3rd ump's position damn boring just having to watch the same thing over and over again
 

steds

Hall of Fame Member
luckyeddie said:
Surely the worst job in cricket would have to be Glenn McGrath's sledging scriptwriter.

There are only so many words which start with 'F'.
very true
 

Rich2001

International Captain
Nope the worse job in cricket is the poor fielder that did nothing wrong and his mean captain forces him to field at short leg.... job gets worse depending on the opposition. (ie USA fielder with Gilly and 6 long hops)
 

Langeveldt

Soutie
Arjun said:
How about the job of the group who have to keep on adjusting the sightscreens?
I wouldn't mind being payed to watch cricket, getting one of the best views in the house and pushing a sightscreen up and down at the request of one of my heroes...
 

wahindiawah

Banned
Being a selector is a bad bad job, no matter how honestly you do ur job you are always criticised for ignoring so and so cricketer.
 

Arjun

Cricketer Of The Year
Langeveldt said:
I wouldn't mind being payed to watch cricket, getting one of the best views in the house and pushing a sightscreen up and down at the request of one of my heroes...
It's really, really annoying. You have to keep on opening and closing the sightscreen and you have to cover it totally when the batsman is batting facing it- especially Sachin. And you have to honour the sponsors by keeping it totally open! A lot of manual labour!
 

Craig

World Traveller
Ah come on Arjun, nothing in life is easy and I wouldn't mind being out in fresh air and doing work by moving the sight screen, I would rather work outdoors and get to move around then being chained behind a desk in the 3rd umpires box.

I suppose that is a personal choice.
 

Arjun

Cricketer Of The Year
Ah come on Arjun, nothing in life is easy and I wouldn't mind being out in fresh air and doing work by moving the sight screen, I would rather work outdoors and get to move around then being chained behind a desk in the 3rd umpires box.
That job is, these days, redundant. Now you have a mechanically controlled sightscreen, so why keep going up and down the screen to adjust the screen properly? No doubt it gives you the fresh air and activity, which is what I too would want, but if you have to be prompted so often about where to raise or lower the screen, or to keep it covered totally, it can be a lot worse than you think. More rewarding outdoor jobs are those of stewards, the group who lay the covers (that too is not very rewarding, since you have to work a lot more in bad weather than good) but not the security guards (they're not supposed to watch the match, but the crowds).

The best job would be that of the cameraman, or anyone working for a TV/Radio channel.
 

Jono

Virat Kohli (c)
Security guards would be up there. You could have an awesome game of cricket going on, and you have to look at the fans the whole day. Damn.
 

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