Dickie Bird Dickie Bird Harold Dennis "Dickie" Bird, (born 19 April 1933, Staincross, West Riding of Yorkshire, England) is a retired English international cricket umpire. In February 2014, Yorkshire announced that Bird is to be voted in as the club's president at their Annual General Meeting on 29 March. The son of a miner, he gained the nickname 'Dickie' at school. He lives in the South Yorkshire village of Staincross. Bird failed his 11-plus and went to Raley Secondary Modern School, leaving in 1948 at the age of 15. For a while, he worked at a coal mine on the surface, but
Umpire (cricket) only deducted when a call is upheld. This system was introduced gradually: first in Test cricket, then at the 2011 World Cup 2011, and now in general for One Day Internationals. ICC introduced a system of Powerplays in limited-over cricket which restricts the number of fielders outside the 30-yard circle, among other things. When a Powerplay is beginning, the umpire moves his hand in circular fashion above his head. In ODIs the first 10 overs of an innings are automatically a Powerplay, and after 10 overs Powerplay 2 is started. From overs 11 to 40 a maximum 4 fielders can