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Dickie Bird: ‘Umpiring is done by technology these days’
The legendary English umpire, Harold Dennis Bird, better known as Dickie, officiated in 66 Tests and 69 ODIs between 1973 and 1996. Eighty six years old now, Dickie still visits Headingley in Leeds to watch cricket. Dickie Bird’s last stint as an international umpire was at Lord’s, London, in the second Test (June 20-24) of …