Player: | SA Bucknor |
DateLine: 16th March 2005
By officiating in the second Test between Pakistan & India at Kolkata, West Indian Steve Bucknor became the first ever Test umpire to stand in 100 Test matches. Bucknor, who began his umpire career way back in 1989, took 15 years and 322 days to reach the landmark. Interestingly, Bucknor has been chosen 16.08 % times of the 622 Test matches played since his umpiring debut. Overall Kolkata Test is Bucknors 231st international match as an umpire. Englands David Shepherd holds the world record in this regard. He has so far officiated in 252 international games since June 1983. For readers interest the accompanying table has the complete details.
 
Most Test matches as an umpire in Test cricket
[Qualification: 40 or more] [10]Umpire M First Match Last Match Bucknor, SA 100 28 Apr 1989 25 Jan 2005 Shepherd, DR 87 01 Aug 1985 13 Mar 2005 Venkataraghavan, S 73 29 Jan 1993 20 Jan 2004 Bird, HD 66 05 Jul 1973 24 Jun 1996 Koertzen, RE 60 26 Dec 1992 12 Mar 2005 Hair, DB 59 25 Jan 1992 12 Mar 2005 Harper, DJ 49 28 Nov 1998 13 Mar 2005 Chester, F 48 28 Jun 1924 26 Jul 1955 Orchard, DL 44 14 Dec 1995 28 Mar 2004 Elliott, CS 42 30 May 1957 13 Aug 1974
 
All statistical research has been updated till March 16, 2004 
 
(Article: Copyright © 2005 Muhammad Asim email:wordswordsandwords@hotmail.com)
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