Shawn Craig,
the former Victoria batsman, has been promoted to Australia's National
Umpire Panel and will officiate in state matches during the 2014-15
season. Craig and former New South Wales grade cricketer Greg Davidson are the two new additions to the 12-man group, replacing Tony Ward and Ian Lock from last summer's panel.
The panel provides the umpires for all domestic cricket played in
Australia and does not include those Australians on the ICC's Elite
Panel of Umpires - Steve Davis, Bruce Oxenford, Paul Reiffel and Rod
Tucker. Cricket Australia's senior manager of cricket operations, Sean
Cary, said Craig and Davidson had earned their places on the panel
through strong performances.
"Both Shawn and Greg have extensive involvement in cricket and long
playing careers before progressing to umpiring," Cary said. "Their
promotion is a reward for hard work and the critical role our state
associations play in developing high-quality officials.
"Australia has a proud history of producing quality umpires who have
gone on to international honours after coming through our state and
development pathways. We believe there is significant potential in this
group to continue that."
Craig, 40, played 20 first-class matches for Victoria from 1996 to 2001
and was a first-grade cricketer for St Kilda until 2006-07. Davidson,
43, played 21 seasons for Parramatta in Sydney's grade competition,
before retiring after the 2007-08 season.
2014-15 National Umpire Panel Gerard Abood, Ashley Barrow, Shawn
Craig, Greg Davidson, Simon Fry, Mike Graham-Smith, Geoff Joshua, Mick
Martell, Damien Mealey, Sam Nogajski, John Ward, Paul Wilson.
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