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Lauren Agenbag Quotes

born 1996 South Africa

Lauren Agenbag (born 16 August 1996) is a South African cricket umpire. Since February 2019, she has set several firsts in regard to women's umpiring in international and domestic cricket matches.

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I would like to have the opportunity to stand in men’s international cricket one day, but it’s difficult to put a time frame on it.

With the players, the most interesting part is the language barrier and trying to get messages across to them.

Sometimes it’s a bit difficult and you call on other players to try and get that message across if the player is not really understanding.

It was all about attending meetings, training and getting to know the laws, and then you start off with your Level 1 exam.

I had mixed feelings – nerves, a bit of excitement – but it was a very proud moment for me and one I will never forget.

It’s something you work towards as an umpire and getting there was a very proud moment for me

But you work with the umpires a lot more than the players. It’s always interesting to see the different ways the different countries go about their umpiring and you can learn a couple of things about the way that they do it, which could be different from the way you do it back home.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lauren Agenbag (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.