Players / Billy Bowden

England v India, 1st npower Test, Lord's, 5th day

Queues, wafts and howlers

Jul 25, 2011: Plays of the Day from fifth day of the first Test between England and India at Lord's

Pakistan in New Zealand 2009-10

Official debut for enhanced review system

Nov 23, 2009: The Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) makes a return after a series of trials for over a year, with the first Test between New Zealand and Pakistan at the University Oval in Dunedin starting tomorrow

Australia v South Africa, 3rd Test, Sydney, 5th day

Doubt but out

Jan 7, 2009: Cricinfo presents the plays of the day from the fifth day of the third Test between Australia and South Africa in Sydney

Plays of the day

Pull it KP, wake up Billy

Dec 11, 2008: Cricinfo presents they Plays of the day from the opening day of the Test series between India and England

England in India 2008-09

Bowden replaces Rauf for first Test

Dec 7, 2008: The official announcement from the ICC comes after Rauf, one of the two Pakistani representatives on the Elite Panel of umpires, failed to obtain the correct visa to travel Chennai

Review of umpiring decisions

Too close to call

Jul 22, 2008: Players will be able to contest the on-field umpire's decision in the first Test between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo. A few reactions to the increased use of technology

'The on-field umpire is in the best position'

May 27, 2008: Two leading umpires talk about the ICC's proposed referrals system

West Indies v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 1st day

Utter disregard for spin bowling

Apr 4, 2008: What does a specialist spinner have to do these days to get a fair chance in the West Indies side?

India v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Kolkata

Koertzen answers ICC SOS to stand in Kolkata

Nov 29, 2007: Rudi Koertzen has flown to India to stand in the second Test in Kolkata after Billy Bowden, who was due to officiate, was taken ill

Eight-man panel established to lift standards

Full-time umpires introduced in New Zealand

Oct 18, 2007: New Zealand Cricket has moved to improve the standards of umpiring in the country by establishing an elite panel of eight officials

Twenty20 World Championship, South Africa

Umpires to remain calm at Twenty20

Jul 30, 2007: The umpires at the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa will remain emotionless despite the fun surrounding the tournament

Punishments handed out for farcical final

World Cup officials banned by ICC

Jun 22, 2007: The International Cricket Council has delivered a humiliating punishment on the five match officials whose combined errors caused the World Cup final in Barbados to be completed amid farcical scenes of near-darkness

Australia v England, 1st Test, Brisbane, 3rd day

Quick singles: Jones 1 Bowden 0

Nov 25, 2006: Peter English with some behind-the-scenes action from the third day of the Brisbane Test

South Africa in Australia, 2005-06

Bowden and Dar losing face, says Australian media

Jan 7, 2006: Billy Bowden finds little favour with Australian and South African Test cricketers following some controversial decisions in the recent Test series, writes Mike Coward

The Friday column

Overdose for the officials

Dec 9, 2005: If you thought the players were the only ones suffering from a packed itinerary, take a look at the plight of the elite umpires

Bowden voted worst elite umpire

Aussies rein in the show pony

Dec 7, 2005: A recent poll among Australia's 25 contracted players revealed that almost three-quarters of them rated Billy Bowden as the worst umpire on the circuit

Demanding workload needs more manpower

ICC to add more umpires to elite panel

Dec 2, 2005: The ICC has said that the number of umpires on the elite panel will be increased from seven to nine or ten

Pakistan v England, 1st Test, Multan, 5th day

Hoggard and Pakistan team fined

Nov 16, 2005: Matthew Hoggard has been fined 20% of his match fee for excessive appealing during the first Test at Multan while the entire Pakistan team have been fined for a slow over rate

Forthcoming fixtures

ICC announces umpires

Sep 9, 2005: The ICC announced names of match referees and umpires appointed for all Test matches and ODIs to be played up to December, 2005

The build-up to the Ashes

Bowden stands in three Ashes Tests

May 13, 2005: Billy Bowden will umpire three of the five Ashes Tests