JEDDAH: The Jeddah Cricket Association recently held a one-day intensive umpiring seminar in an effort to update the JCA panel of umpires about the latest playing conditions to sharpen their umpiring skills and to enhance their performance.

The seminar was conduted by Hamid Rana, ACC Level-1 educator and was assisted by Atta-Ur Rehman. JCA members, CEO Muhammad Iqbal, President Aijaz Ahmed Khan, Executive Secretary Haroon Abdullah bin Mahfouz and executive committee members Syed Ashfaque Hussain and Zaheer Peeran were also present.

A question answer session was also held to figure out the common errors and to get into the spirit of the laws of the game.

It provided the umpires with an appropriate level of competency with measurable performance standards. Hamid Rana was very articulate in his presentation on Power Point and supported by videos, which among various aspects of thoughtful umpiring also featured discussion on the application of penalties during the match focusing on variable circumstances and situations.

Muhammed Iqbal thanked Hamid Rana and Atta-Ur-Rehman for giving their time in carrying out such educative seminars at periodic intervals which would be very beneficial for the future of these umpires in particular and to JCA in general.