Umpires remain relevant but encourage them to make decisions: Taufel

Former ICC Elite Panel umpire Simon Taufel doesn't think cricket's increasing reliance on technology has rendered his ilk irrelevant but says they need encouragement for making decisions.

"I don't think so," the five-time ICC Umpire of the Year winner said when asked if umpires are losing relevance.

"But we should encourage umpires to use good techniques and to make decisions, we shouldn't just abrogate the responsibility that we are making decisions (after referring) everything upstairs, we should be backing our cricket umpires to call it as they see it.

"The umpires get to the top because they make good decisions."
"What's really important to me is that we (need to) keep a good balance of human endeavours and skills together with technology."