{"id":28901,"date":"2018-08-31T15:55:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T15:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=28901"},"modified":"2018-08-31T15:55:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T15:55:09","slug":"umpiring-boss-simon-taufel-quits-cricket-australia-by-jon-pierik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/umpiring-boss-simon-taufel-quits-cricket-australia-by-jon-pierik\/","title":{"rendered":"Umpiring boss Simon Taufel quits Cricket Australia &#8211; by Jon Pierik"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 36px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #ff0000;\">Umpiring boss Simon Taufel quits Cricket Australia &#8211; by Jon Pierik<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Simon-Taufel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-28903\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Simon-Taufel.jpg\" alt=\"umpire simon \" width=\"609\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatlakesadvocate.com.au\/story\/5616837\/gone-umpiring-boss-taufel-quits-cricket-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greaklakes &#8211; Advocate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cricket Australia&#8217;s head of umpiring Simon Taufel has quit, as the winds of change continue at head office.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Fairfax Media understands Taufel took early leave last week and will not return before his contract expires on Friday, just a fortnight before the 2018-19 season opens with the domestic one-day series.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"advertisement  conditional\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Taufel had only been in the role as match referee and umpire selection panel manager since August 2016, having been recruited by CA&#8217;s head of performance Pat Howard to improve the standard of umpiring and provide the craft with greater recognition.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s understood Taufel has left on his own volition, with suggestions he became frustrated with the leadership in the sport.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A CA spokesman said &#8221;personal decisions&#8221; were behind Taufel&#8217;s departure.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Taufel has been praised by umpires, in particular for his detailed approach to the match official accreditation course. Taufel&#8217;s primary role was overseeing umpires and referees at first-class and Big Bash League level, where he was meticulous in having match referees appraise the performance of umpires.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Ted-Wykes-with-umpire-Simon-Taufel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28904 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Ted-Wykes-with-umpire-Simon-Taufel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-image\">\n<p class=\"story-image__caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i class=\"fa fa-image story-image__icon\"><\/i>\u00a0Former umpire, Ted Wykes with umpire Simon Taufel, 23, pictured at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1994.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"assets\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">One umpiring source said he was &#8220;well known for his serious, precise, professional approach to match management issues&#8221; but there were suggestions he &#8220;has had difficulty carrying all key people forward with him&#8221;. There have also been suggestions funding for his area had been cut.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Taufel came to the role amid concerns that the management and training of umpires and match referees at a first-class level had slipped considerably, to the point these issues could have legal ramifications.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">After a distinguished career as an on-field umpire, he had been the umpire performance and training manager with the International Cricket Council from November 2012 until joining CA.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Taufel, from Sydney, stood in 74 Tests, beginning at a young age of 29. He also stood in 174 one-day internationals and 34 Twenty20 internationals. He was the ICC umpire of the year each year between 2004 and 2008, his attention to detail a signature trait.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/murali.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28902 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/murali.jpg\" alt=\"murali\" width=\"434\" height=\"678\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-image__portrait\">\n<p class=\"story-image__caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan (L) pitches a delivery as Australian umpire Simon Taufel in 2005.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"assets\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">He brought this to his off-field roles but is understood to have become frustrated with CA in recent times.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">His departure continues a period of upheaval at CA&#8217;s Jolimont headquarters since the ball-tampering scandal erupted in South Africa in March, leading to the suspensions of Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">CA is beginning to close in on a new chief executive to replace James Sutherland, who gave 12 months&#8217; notice when he announced in June he was leaving but could be gone by early in the new season. The CA board will soon begin interviews of the short-listed candidates, including CA&#8217;s second in command Kevin Roberts, former Cricket NSW chairman John Warn, Australian Grand Prix Corporation chairman John Harnden and WACA chief Christina Matthews.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">There are also at least two board positions up for grabs, including a replacement for West Australian Bob Every, who quit after a falling out with chairman David Peever over the hiring of The Ethics Centre to conduct a review into CA&#8217;s culture. The separate\u00a0McCosker review into the culture of the team is also ongoing.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">CA is dealing with a case before Fair Work where former Tasmanian government relations staffer Angela Williamson has claimed she was unfairly dismissed over her social media remarks about abortion. Human Resources director Anthony Allen and integrity department chief Iain Roy have also left.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Umpiring boss Simon Taufel quits Cricket Australia &#8211; by Jon Pierik \u00a0 Source: Greaklakes &#8211; Advocate Cricket Australia&#8217;s head of umpiring Simon Taufel has quit, as the winds of change continue at head office. 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