Cricket Finland

Courses have been held over the past few years and the pool of introductory-level qualified umpires is growing steadily. The standard of umpiring in Finland has also been developing, and neutral umpires are nowadays commonplace in FCA league matches. Some of the Finnish umpires have also already made their presence felt on the international scene over the past years, and both Sanjeev Kad and Jari Schabel are since February 2009 able to deliver the ECB ACO "Introduction to Umpiring Course".

Tiina Hetemaa

Sanjeev Kad (interview)

Dave Scamans

Jari Schabel

Diana Venter


Another important aspect of organised cricket is scoring. In 2010 both Sanjeev Kad and Jari Schabel held introductory scoring courses in Helsinki and Turku(& Tampere) respectively.

Please contact Yasir Abdul Quadir for further information about umpiring and scoring in Finland.

Written by Jari on Fri, 03 Sep 2010

The FCA has arranged various introductory umpiring & scoring courses in Finland over the past few years. In order to both enhance the standard of scoring and also to introduce various new aspects related to powerplays and foot-fault free-hits, official courses were held in Helsinki and Turku, by Sanjeev Kad and Jari Schabel respectively.

The 4-hour course in Turku was well attended by participants from the two local teams, who then were able to apply some of their newly acquired knowledge in the local derby match on the following day.


(Photo: Trinesh Champaneri)

Written by Jari on Sat, 08 May 2010