Cricket world mourns the loss of legendary umpire
Harold “Dickie” Bird, perhaps Cricket’s most popular referee died at home in Yorkshire at the age of 92.
After struggling with inconsistency as a first -class cricket player, Bird became a referee in 1970 and continued to work in 66 tests for the next 26 years and had a reputation for quality decision -making and good humor.
Cricket referee Dickie Bird died at the age of 92.Credit: Getty Images
“Dickie Bird became a national treasure known not only for its strengthening perfection, but also for its eccentric and temperature. In 1986, he was appointed as an OBE by recognizing his extraordinary contributions to the jack.
“During this time, everyone’s thoughts in the Yorkshire Cricet Club with Dickie’s family and friends. It will really be missed by everyone in the club, spend an incredible time to support everyone here and will be remembered as one of the biggest characters in the history of Yorkshire.”
This sense of warmth and entertainment made it a popular cricket character in the middle and afterwards, and produced the best -selling books as well as other things.
After retirement, Bird was a harsh criticism of how much technology was used to decide, especially for LBW.
Bird (right) walks in 1973 to the field in Edgbaston.Credit: Getty Images
The players respected birds for concentration, equal decisions and human skills to remove heat from intensive situations, and in 1994 he was a member of the global panel when neutral referees were introduced to test matches.
Later in that year, when Pakistan beat Australia as one of the best he saw in a game with a lonely small door, he was in Karachi: Inzamam-ul-Haq, Shane Warne’e went to the field and saw that the ball missed the ball for the four byes, a bird missed a slight deviation in the past.
