Please accept this as a personal invitation and consider becoming part of the third team in a match, either as an Umpire or Scorer. You do not need to have played the game, but it is an advantage. Every Test Umpire started as a Club Umpire. In Auckland we have almost 100 umpires available to assist you to develop those skills, both on and off the field. All Umpires are assessed on a regular basis to ensure that career paths are continuously available.
Umpires do so on a voluntary basis, although there is some reimbursement of expenses.
We all have family and work commitments that from time to time must take precedence. Therefore your commitment is for you to decide. To become a competent Umpire, you must be prepared to study the Laws of Cricket, and to be fully conversant with the Playing Conditions of the competution in which we are officiating. Day Club or First Class cricket. Whatever our duties we must have a precise knowledge of them all.