1 CD: 27 minutes 56 seconds

1 CD, Asoka de Silva, umpire, interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 6 tracks. Track 1: [0:00-0:23] Introduction and brief biography by Rayvern Allen, [0:24-1:05] de Silva talks about his international career, [1:06-1:32] de Silva talks about his international debut, [1:33-1:57] de Silva talks about enjoying one-day cricket, [1:58-2:21] de Silva talks about playing club cricket, [2:22-2:52] de Silva talks about going back to club cricket after his international career and doing coaching, [2:53-4:56] de Silva talks about playing for Leicestershire 2nd XI in 1986 and his experience of playing in England. Track 2: [0:00-1:16] de Silva talks about coaching in Bangladesh, [1:17-2:14] de Silva talks about wanting to be a coach and becoming an umpire instead and his career as an umpire, [2:15-3:47] de Silva talks about the challenges of being an umpire and need to minimise mistakes, [3:48-4:21] de Silva talks about being okay with technology assistance, [4:22-5:02] de Silva talks about the implementation of technology. Track 3: [0:00-1:05] de Silva talks about teams getting challenges, [1:06-2:10] de Silva talks de Silva talks about how an umpire can change a decision until a batsman has crossed the boundary, [2:11-3:50] de Silva talks about umpires referring decisions and the need to get correct decisions, [3:51-4:37] de Silva talks about batsmen walking and the spirit of the game, [4:38-4:49] Rayvern Allen talks about ways of getting out. Track 4: [0:00-1:36] Rayvern talks about the 10 ways of getting out and twice giving out for handling the ball, [1:37-3:50] de Silva talks about how batsmen get timed out, [3:51-4:49] de Silva talks about ways batsmen can be run out. Track 5: [0:00-0:38] de Silva talks about an extraordinary run out in the IPL, [0:39-1:56] de Silva talks about his umpire duties on the morning of a match, [1:57-4:15] de Silva talks about his focus and concentration techniques. [4:16-5:02] de Silva and Rayvern Allen talk about underarm bowling. Track 6: [0:00-0:09] Rayvern Allen and de Silva talks about bowlers swapping arms, [0:10-2:03] de Silva talks about the proposal to rotate umpiring officials during the day, [2:04-3:11] de Silva talks about umpiring in every major country apart from Australia and his future ambitions. A back-up copy of this CD is included.

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