General News

There will be a Members Meeting at 7:30pm on Thursday, 9th May at Moseley Cricket Club, Streetsbrook Road, Shirley, Solihull B90 3PE. Tea and coffee will be available upon arrival.

The main event will be a Q & A session with Women’s ICC Elite Panel Umpires Anna Harris (England), Suzanne Redfern MBE (England) and Kim Cotton (New Zealand), who have been appointed to the Women’s ODI between England and Pakistan at Edgbaston on Saturday, 11th May.

The meeting will be a great opportunity to pose probing questions about game preparation, big game pre-match routines, team work, and the career progression of three of the World’s leading officials.

There will be a Members Meeting at 7:45pm on Wednesday, 27th March at Moseley Cricket Club, Streetsbrook Road, Shirley, Solihull B90 3PE. Tea and coffee will be available upon arrival.

The meeting items will be:
– Distribution of updated ECB Playing Directives & ECB ACO Law 42 Guidance Flow Charts
– Update on ECB Umpires Progression Pathway
– Mentoring Update
– Ratification of Philip Vann as Members Representative replacing Mark Turner

The main event will be: 
– CPD Module – Player Safety – delivered by County Education Officer; Rob Evans.

As part of the above, we are awaiting a potential ECB update / directive relating to ‘ball striking helmets’ and we hope to be able to update members with likely changes / playing implications as appropriate.

There are 3 Scoring courses through March all to be held at Edgbaston. Further information and booking via the links below:

The PCS Pro course on the 9th March:
https://booking.ecb.co.uk/c/express/bb20c6fe-ae2c-40fe-acf1-64e1b3ad3647?1Q,M3,bb20c6fe-ae2c-40fe-acf1-64e1b3ad3647=

The DLS course on the 17th March in the morning:
https://booking.ecb.co.uk/c/express/d267d97d-e34e-469a-a589-628e5c1d0fdd?1Q,M3,d267d97d-e34e-469a-a589-628e5c1d0fdd=

The linear method of scoring on the 17th March in the afternoon:
https://booking.ecb.co.uk/c/express/013695c2-abd7-450f-a29d-01f39f6dd03d?1Q,M3,013695c2-abd7-450f-a29d-01f39f6dd03d=

Also, if there are any scorers or budding scorers who want any further information/support on scoring, training & development and progression they can contact:
Chrissie Phillips, Warwickshire County Scoring Officer scorers@wcaco.org.uk
Carol Credgington, Joint West Midlands Regional Scoring Officer Carol.wmrso@gmail.com
Clair Eccleston, Joint West Midlands Regional Scoring Officer Shropshirecso@gmail.com

Advanced Level Umpire Course ( equivalent to the former Stage Three)

We are holding a full two day course on Sundays 3^rd and 10^th March 2024 at Edgbaston (10 am to 4.30 pm) for umpires with at least a full season of umpiring experience in senior cricket and who want to progress their umpiring skills. It will be especially helpful to those who aspire to a higher level of cricket and/or those who simply want to refresh their umpiring.

The course is built around the experience that umpires can bring to it so it is based around group work and also completing some exercises prior to and between the two course sessions. The course looks at several match management scenarios as well as managing player conduct and also the mental side of umpiring such as developing resilience, focus and concentration, withstanding pressure etc.

The course fee is £25 and it will be held in association with Worcestershire ACO . To book a place please go to

https://booking.ecb.co.uk/d/z1qq8d

David Johnson

WCACO Education Officer

david_johnson105@hotmail.com