Drones, toupees, and trees: Ask the umpire with Ian Gould.
6/23/202637 min
Former international umpire Ian Gould joins Jonathan Agnew and Phil Tufnell to answer your questions about the weird and wonderful laws of the game. What happens if the ball strikes a drone or gets stuck in a falling toupee? If you think you’ve won, but celebrate by throwing the ball over the boundary are you penalised? And what’s the ruling if the ball gets stuck up a tree in your garden. Plus, some wonderful memories from Gould’s illustrious career as a top official.
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Jonathan Agnew· Host1:16
Very warm welcome to, uh, what an old adversary many years ago, but someone who we saw a lot on the circuit umpiring, of course, of that, Ian Gould. Lovely to have you here, Gunner.