News

Duckworth & Lewis attend ACO awards

Frank Duckworth, Tony Lewis and Henry Blofeld were among the guest speakers at the 2010 National Association of Cricket Officials conference.

Christmas offer for members

Members are being urged to check out the ECB ACO shop to get hold of some amazing Christmas bargains.

Officials adopt Haka to scoop award

ECB ACO members based in Wales recently won a prestigious award for taking part in a TV advert.

Berkshire officials go online

Berkshire Cricket Officials Association have launched a new website as part of their programme for supporting the development of umpires and scorers.

Download the latest Signals

The latest edition of the official newsletter of the ICC European Officials Association is now available for download.

Agenda set for AGM

The AGM of the ECB Association of Cricket Officials will be held at Lord’s Cricket Ground on 20th November.

Altered Laws come into force

Batsmen will no longer be 'offered the light’ in one of eight amendments or clarifications to the Laws of Cricket. Umpires will now be the sole arbiters of whether play should continue in poor light.

Look, listen and learn

Sam Greaves

On the evening of Tuesday August 24 the ACO welcomed the arrival of the first neutral Test officials to be officiating at Lord’s from the same nationality: Tony Hill, Steve Davis and Billy Bowden were all at Lord’s to speak to and entertain ACO members.

Meet the umpires

Surrey ACO have organised a 'meet the umpires' event at the Brit Insurance Oval on Wednesday 8th September where members can question the men in the middle.

Duo scoop prestigious gongs

Europe’s regional winners for ECB the ACO Shepherd–Frindall Awards 2010 have been announced by the International Cricket Council.