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Expert Profile: Gary S Nichol

Expertise: General or specific questions on the MCC Laws of Cricket, which have changed recently. Also general question on the English First-Class game. Not too good with cricket in other countries, as I am English!

Experience in the area
Qualified Member - Umpire of the Association of Cricket Umpires and Scorers (ACU&S). This catagory of membership, the highest possible for a cricket umpire, requires taking two written exams, an oral exam, two full years of experience and then approval of the application for membership by a committee. I have been umpiring full-time for the past 5 years

Organizations
The Association of Cricket Umpires and Scorers (United Kingdom)

Awards and Honors
1997 ACU&S Tom Smith Award
1999 ACU&S Arthur Sims Award

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Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 1832
Knowledge	9.82 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.84 Best of the best
Timeliness	9.80 Best of the best
Politeness	9.91 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		5
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		198

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
9	10	5	9	11/20/08
10	10	10	10	10/01/08
10	10	10	10	09/23/08
9	9	10	10	07/25/08
10	9	10	10	07/24/08

User Comments

Thank you very much Gary. You have helped me a lot
(Martin on 10/01/08)

Thanks for your prompt reply...
(Sunil kumar on 07/25/08)

Thank you very much for the response.
(Satya on 07/24/08)

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Recent Answers from Gary S Nichol

2008-08-10 Boundary Rule: Physical contact between fielders is not important. It is contact between the ball and fielders which matters. So, provided that the ball always remained in the hand of the fielder who never left the...

2008-07-21 Obstruting the field: The batsman is allowed to take evasive action to avoid being hit by the ball. This includes leaving the crease and hitting the ball out of the way. Provided that he wasn't deliberately hitting the ball...

2008-07-20 Fair delivery The arm no ball: It is solely a matter for umpires, usually the one at the striker's end. The batsmen have no place complaining to the umpires about this (or anything else). With Muralitharan I think it was called as...

2008-07-08 stumped or run out?: This as you describe it is stumped. Were the striker trying to run for a leg bye, then it would be run out. Otherwise, stumped - the wicketkeeper doesn't have to knock off the bails with ball in hand...

2008-05-09 No Ball when batsman is out of his crease: The criteria for deciding a no ball in this situation are focussed on a batsman standing in the crease. So if he runs towards the ball and it is over his shoulder, the umpire must decide if it would still...