DBM asked a question about umpires the other day and more specifically about their training. Philjones provided a good answer to her question and I hope he doesn’t mind that I have drawn an article out of the archives to meet my weekly commitment. It confirms what pj wrote and adds a little detail.
I wrote the article a few years ago in 2013 and have tried to update what I could find. I wrote it because of the interest I had in umpires and how they got to be umpires. It does not take a side in umpires vs electronic umpiring but does highlight what they go through to become umpires.