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Stupid, daft rules that are calculated to make umpiring far more crucial to an outcome than it needs to be.

My pet hates are :

1) Three umpires = three different interpretations of the same rule.

2) Deliberate out of bounds on the full - surely the most stupid rule ever introduced

3) Carrying the ball too far (memo umpires : its 15 metres, not 30)

4) In the back / holding the ball - every interpretation is different

5) Throwing - no, throwing the ball away and following its trajectory with your other hand in a clinched fist is NOT a hand-pass

6)Getting penalised for diving over the ball - a complete anathema to everything the game stands for.

7)Scragging - wouldn't care much about this except that the rule is never enforced with any kind of consistency.

Just a few examples but I could go on and on about this kind of stuff.

Good umpiring is when you never even see the umpire during a game but all too often the outcome of any single match seems to be as influenced by the umpires as it is by the players or the coaching ... and I think that is a total disgrace.