In every game of cricket,you always come across a reserve or a fourth umpire.
What work does this guy do ?
I mean there is no particular important thing that he undertakes.
So,why is he in the game ?
Well its incase one of the umpires becommes sick or injured. It hardly ever happens, but if one got hit by a ball or got heat exhaustion or something they would need another umpire. Thats my guess anyway.
The 4th umpire mainly does the following two things(I think)
a)Tries to coordinate with the umpires with any incidents(such as shifting the sidescreen as per need and helps in making sure that the crowd or pollice officials do not block the view of the batsman while batting)
b)Is involved when a ball change is made(brings all the new balls in a box)
I think that the match fee for the on field umpires and the referee is the maximum and then the third umpire and the fourth umpire come into play.Atleast that should be the case because its the two on-field umpires who have to sweat it out in the middle.
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