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[ajmw89]

For those of you that umpire yourselves.

When you umpire and the bowler is always flirting with a front/back foot no ball do you have a quiet word with them?  Or let them carry on their business until they offend?

I usually give the bowler a friendly warning that he's close to the line, although a lot of the time, I find this ends up benefitting my team as the bowler starts bowling dross or now oversteps the mark...

[TangoWhiskey]

Yeah I tend to mention it too. No harm in it, seems like you're just being helpful. Little does the bowler know it's got an ulterior motive! Also twin it with removing a bail and remarking the line in the dust.

[ajmw89]

Also, if the bowler is bowling close to a wide, I'll usually say "any wider and I'm calling it".  That's usually good for a few extras as they then overcompensate!

[Seniorplayer]

I just remark the popping crease to make the line more visable as the bowlers  are walking back to the start of  there run up that usually sends the overstepping message.

[RoCo Da Pixie]

When I umpire in our 1's when the opposition don't bring their own I still give a friendly warning. Wides I am not to kind on. If it is wide I give it. However that might just be the batsman in me coming out.