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Duguid says LCPL was good exposure for West Indian Umpires
First class umpire Guyanese Nigel Duguid feels that the recently concluded Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 tournament was a wonderful experience for the West Indian umpires. He was speaking with Kaieteur Sport on Saturday evening at the Guyana National Stadium where Guyana Warriors played Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in their last of two warm up matches which the visitors used as preparation for the Champions League T20 in India later this month.
Nigel Duguid
Duguid said that the experience will serve the region umpires well especially at the higher level. He stated that it was a privilege for him to officiate in the final with international umpire Billy Bowden. “I learnt a lot from Billy, he gave me some good points and I relished the experience,” he added.
Duguid, who was on International Cricket Council duty in Ireland officiating in the Women’s T\20 World Cup qualifier where Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the host nation made it through when the LCPL commenced, indicated that the standard in the inaugural LCPL was relatively high. “The LCPL had international flavor, it can be compared to the Indian Premier League and the fact that international players were involved made it more exciting,” he said.
He believes that the tournament will grow from strength to strength. “The support from the public was good and I think that the competition will attract more sponsors as well as players from different countries in the future,” stated Duguid.
The 43 year old who played first division cricket for the Georgetown Cricket Club before switching his attention to umpiring thinks the tournament will did well for West Indies cricket since the players not only played alongside cricketers from different countries but worked with other coaches as well.
Duguid began his umpiring career at the age of 30, became fully qualified in 2006 and was selected on the Regional first class panel in 2010. He credited Compton Vyphuis (late), Clyde Duncan (late) and Eddie Nicholls for his success so far. He feels that one must love the game to be an umpire which is sometimes a thankless job because umpires only gain recognition when they erred and they don’t get enough compliments.
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