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Not every post people write has a clear underlying point. For a start I was agreeing with you on most umpires having professional experience. Thereafter I was responding to this bit in your previous post: Dazzer6666 largely made this point for me. The incentive for a former "top footballer" to...

Sue Redfern is on the umpires panel, so the qualification can't still be based on playing county cricket.

I think I'm right in saying that Joel Wilson is the only umpire on the ICC Elite Umpire list with no First Class or List A playing experience. It's also worth bearing in mind that mostly the players who become umpires do so because their playing career is curtailed by not being good enough...