Daryl Harper, Bob Willis’ favourite umpire, has said that with bigger bats and twenty20 cricket taking over umpires are now in danger of getting hit more, and should be given helmets.
Bullshit.
If you get hit as an umpire, you should be fired.
Any umpire who hasn’t the eyesight or agility to get out of the way of a ball that is being sent from 22 yards is perhaps in the wrong line of work.
That is the ultimate test.
In the IPL the other day an umpire at square leg got hit in the hip.
The dude was clearly having a kip.
For an umpire like Dayrl Harper, a head injury might emprove his performance.
Forget helmets, Daryl Harper once wore diapers and umpired a game. You will need a translator to understand this, but its true!