Half of cricket umpires face verbal abuse

Thomas Webb
Mike Rayner

Press/Media: Research cited

Description

Thomas Webb on the findings that more than half of cricket umpires say they have been a victim of verbal abuse.

Period	6 Nov 2016 → 15 Dec 2016

Media coverage

4

Media coverage

Title Half of cricket umpires face verbal abuse
Media name/outlet BBC News
Media type Web
Date 6/11/16
Producer/Author Emma Forde
URL www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37865718
Persons Thomas Webb
Title BBC 5 Live Investigates - Cricket Umpire Abuse
Media name/outlet BBC Radio 5 Live
Media type Radio
Country/Territory United Kingdom
Date 6/11/16
Persons Thomas Webb

Title	MCC planning for sin bin and in-game run reductions as on-field abuse plagues club cricket
Media name/outlet	Telegraph
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	6/11/16
Producer/Author	Jeremy Wilson
URL	www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2016/11/06/mcc-planning-for-sin-bin-and-in-game-run-reductions-as-on-field/
Persons	Thomas Webb

Title	MCC looking at red cards and sin bins to reduce abuse aimed at grassroots umpires
Media name/outlet	Sky Sports News
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	6/11/16
Producer/Author	Andy Charles
URL	www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/10648142/mcc-looking-at-red-cards-and-sin-bins-to-reduce-abuse-aimed-at-grassroots-umpires
Persons	Thomas Webb

Media contributions

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Media contributions

Title	Why the red-card proposal is important for grass-roots cricket
Media name/outlet	ESPNCricinfo
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	15/12/16
Description	Players might soon be sent off the field for bad behaviour - though you probably won't see the punishment being enforced much in international cricket
Producer/Author	Sharda Ugra
URL	www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1072513.html
Persons	Thomas Webb, Mike Rayner