Renowned umpire Marais Erasmus at last year’s Cricket World Cup in India. Picture: Matt Roberts/ICC/Getty Images
“It takes a lot of work and effort. You can’t just make a direct transition from playing the game to being an umpire,” Erasmus said this week, after announcing his retirement from the international game. In 53 first-class matches, he scored one century and seven half-centuries with the bat, and he took seven five-wicket hauls with the ball. He also played 54 limited overs games.
Just four years later, he umpired his first international match, a T20I between SA and Australia at the Wanderers in February 2006, and by 2008 he had stopped teaching and was umpiring full time. Speaking from his hotel room after the first day’s play, he admitted he would miss being on field, though he was eager to spend more time at home after travelling the world throughout his lengthy career.
“We still need to figure things out with CSA, but they are keen to use me in some capacity, and I’ll be working with some younger umpires in September and October,” he said.
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