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A second base umpire at a baseball game. In baseball and softball, there is commonly a head umpire (also known as a plate umpire) who is in charge of calling balls and strikes from behind the plate, who is assisted by one, two, three, or five field umpires who make calls on their specific bases (or with five umpires the bases and the outfield).
Badminton shoes are lightweight with soles of rubber or similar high-grip, non-marking materials, similar to Tennis Shoes [19] Compared to running shoes, badminton shoes have little lateral support. High levels of lateral support are useful for activities where lateral motion is undesirable and unexpected. Badminton, however, requires powerful ...
The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member nations: Canada , Denmark , England , France , Ireland , Netherlands , New Zealand , Scotland and Wales .
Gayathri Venugopalan (born 7 June 1979) is an Indian cricket umpire. [1] She was one of the female umpires named by the ICC to stand in matches in the 2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. [2] [3] She was one of the on-field umpire in 2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup to officiate in semi-final along with Nitin Bathi. [4]
On 13 February 2021, he stood in his first Test as an onfield umpire, between India and England. [9] [10] In January 2023, he was named as one of the on-field umpires for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. [11] [12]
A line umpire stands at a ready position, focusing on his assigned line. The line umpire (or line judge) "calls all shots relating to the assigned lines." [6] Line umpires work on court as part of a team of between one and nine line umpires. Each line umpire is assigned to one line or, in the case of a short-handed crew, a position in a system.
In November 2016 he won Sri Lanka Cricket's award for International Umpire of the Year. [7] [8] In 2018, in the 2nd Test Between Bangladesh and West Indies in Dhaka Palliyaguruge stood his first match as a Test umpire. [9] In April 2019, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires to stand in matches during the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
[13] [14] She was one of the on-field umpire in 2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup final and became the first female Zimbabwean umpire to stand in a Cricket World Cup final. [15] [16] [17] In September 2023, she stood as on-field umpire in international match in women's T20I between Botswana and Kenya in 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa ...