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Craig HillRoot Cause Analysis - Umpiring Anatomy / Physiology
September 8th 2007 08:50
Your text goes hereGood day, Ladies/Gents.
The context of this email is an analysis of umpiring errors. I am running my thoughts by you, though I would have liked to discuss with you and your elite team of commentators.
Today Kartik and Ganguly got a raw deal from Ian; Simon or Ian handed similar raw deals to Ganguly and Dravid at Trent Bridge and so on..? Is it not?
One can understand the idiosyncrasies of the hot spot umpiring job while standing by the ring side for hours in blazing sun with very limited physical activity. This can be stressful and capable of inducing fatigue of the mind, body and more importantly sensory receptors at different times.
Umpiring is somewhat similar to driving for hours on a hot summer day requiring a concentration on the road ahead and traffic around. Even the best of drivers has a tendency to steal a snooze momentarily even with both hands on wheels after experiencing mirages bouncing off the road surface.
It appears therefore from a simple root cause analysis, all cricketing umpires like drivers, are vulnerable by that demon of a fatigue which starves and disables the complete human decision making control system in a fleeting moment of the ball whizzing past the striker.
The alert receptors as eyes and ears continue to be in the driving seat of a full control decision making systems till such moment fatigue strikes like lightning. If driving is any comparison, then it is more likely the eye lids are tired first, stealing a longer pause before blinking next. And during this longer than usual healthy/active pause, one of the key receptors namely vision of human eye is obviously is disabled.
As light travels faster than sound, a potential fatigue striking the eyes at the nick of the time can prevent useful information getting through visionary receptors for a fail-safe and defect – free decision and adjudication. It is this nano-second drag on the eyelids that will shut –off the most crucial video input of the happenings around the ball in motion, line and length, striker’s bat position and striker’s own position in relation to stumps
This fleeting video black-out ends, more likely when the audio receptors respond to a staccato and a raucous appeal from the fielders around the striker. The human decision system can now act only on the audio input available to human ears and up goes the finger of a fatigued umpire, more likely as a secondary reflex.
In the case of defective decisions at Trent Bridge and The Oval or anywhere for that matter, it is more likely that the benefit of doubt of umpiring fatigue has gone in favor of the fielding side.
Some of the question I have for you is:
(a) Is it possible to rotate fresh pair of umpires between sessions for defect free LBW decisions?
(b) Can the main umpire consult his colleague for defect free CBW decisions?
(c) Can the umpires be empowered with hand held devices to overcome ills of constant fatigue and defect-free LBW and CBW decisions?
Appreciate your thoughts along with your elite team members during the break time at The Oval.
See item 54 under Really Long Link
Regards
Srinath Belur
Toronto, Canada
Sep 6th
The context of this email is an analysis of umpiring errors. I am running my thoughts by you, though I would have liked to discuss with you and your elite team of commentators.
Today Kartik and Ganguly got a raw deal from Ian; Simon or Ian handed similar raw deals to Ganguly and Dravid at Trent Bridge and so on..? Is it not?
One can understand the idiosyncrasies of the hot spot umpiring job while standing by the ring side for hours in blazing sun with very limited physical activity. This can be stressful and capable of inducing fatigue of the mind, body and more importantly sensory receptors at different times.
Umpiring is somewhat similar to driving for hours on a hot summer day requiring a concentration on the road ahead and traffic around. Even the best of drivers has a tendency to steal a snooze momentarily even with both hands on wheels after experiencing mirages bouncing off the road surface.
It appears therefore from a simple root cause analysis, all cricketing umpires like drivers, are vulnerable by that demon of a fatigue which starves and disables the complete human decision making control system in a fleeting moment of the ball whizzing past the striker.
The alert receptors as eyes and ears continue to be in the driving seat of a full control decision making systems till such moment fatigue strikes like lightning. If driving is any comparison, then it is more likely the eye lids are tired first, stealing a longer pause before blinking next. And during this longer than usual healthy/active pause, one of the key receptors namely vision of human eye is obviously is disabled.
As light travels faster than sound, a potential fatigue striking the eyes at the nick of the time can prevent useful information getting through visionary receptors for a fail-safe and defect – free decision and adjudication. It is this nano-second drag on the eyelids that will shut –off the most crucial video input of the happenings around the ball in motion, line and length, striker’s bat position and striker’s own position in relation to stumps
This fleeting video black-out ends, more likely when the audio receptors respond to a staccato and a raucous appeal from the fielders around the striker. The human decision system can now act only on the audio input available to human ears and up goes the finger of a fatigued umpire, more likely as a secondary reflex.
In the case of defective decisions at Trent Bridge and The Oval or anywhere for that matter, it is more likely that the benefit of doubt of umpiring fatigue has gone in favor of the fielding side.
Some of the question I have for you is:
(a) Is it possible to rotate fresh pair of umpires between sessions for defect free LBW decisions?
(b) Can the main umpire consult his colleague for defect free CBW decisions?
(c) Can the umpires be empowered with hand held devices to overcome ills of constant fatigue and defect-free LBW and CBW decisions?
Appreciate your thoughts along with your elite team members during the break time at The Oval.
See item 54 under Really Long Link
Regards
Srinath Belur
Toronto, Canada
Sep 6th
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