The MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) now has on its website an official translation in Gujarati of its laws of cricket! Though the ICC (International Cricket Council) is cricket’s governing body, it is the MCC at Lords which is the guardian and custodian of the laws and rules of play, be it for village greens or Test stadia! Keki Doodh-wala of Surat, a BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) umpire and freelance sports journalist, had authored Cricket-na niyamo (Laws of Cricket) in Gujarati, a book released last August. Doodhwala says he had to obtain permission from the MCC, the BCCI, the ACC (Asian Cricket Council headquartered currently in Malaysia) and the ICC to translate the laws. "Bomi Jamula (BCCI umpires’ coach) showed great interest in forwarding the book to the MCC and it is (as) a result of his guidance and help that today there is a Gujarati language translation of laws available on the MCC website (www.lords.org/laws-of-cricket/),” states Doodhwala. MCC official Fraser Stewart informed Jamula about the acceptance, he adds. Doodhwala also acknowledges the help received over the last six to seven years from umpires Dara Dotiwalla and Dara Pochkhanawalla.
Umpire Keki Doodhwala: cricket laws officially translated
The laws are also translated in other Indian languages like Hindi, Marathi and Kannada but only Gujarati is available on the website, notes the Mid-Day of June 9, 2011. The other translations mentioned on the Lords website are Bahasa (Indonesian), Japanese, French and Malay! Doodhwala says he is now trying to get the translation accepted on the ACC website as well.