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Rohit on Pant dismissal: 'The bat was clearly close to the pad'

"If we say something, it is not accepted well. But if there is not conclusive evidence, it has to stand with the umpire's on-field decision"

03-Nov-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Play delayed as third umpire gets stuck in lift at MCG

Play delayed as third umpire gets stuck in lift at MCG

The start of the second session on the third day was held up in unusual circumstances

28-Dec-2023•AAP and ESPNcricinfo staff

Umpires informed Mathews of timed-out threat before helmet malfunction

Umpires informed Mathews of timed-out threat before helmet malfunction

ESPNcricinfo has learned that Richard Illingworth told Mathews he had 30 seconds left to be ready to face when he walked in to bat

08-Nov-2023•Nagraj Gollapudi

Ben Stokes wins ICC Test Cricketer of the Year award

Ben Stokes wins ICC Test Cricketer of the Year award

Babar Azam claims Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, Nat Sciver named ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year

26-Jan-2023•ESPNcricinfo staff

Richard Illingworth to become first neutral umpire in Test cricket since Covid-19 pandemic

Richard Illingworth to become first neutral umpire in Test cricket since Covid-19 pandemic

Bangladesh doesn't have an Elite Panel umpire, forcing the ICC to make the appointment

25-Jan-2021•Mohammad Isam

Five overturned lbw appeals (and one that stuck)

Five overturned lbw appeals (and one that stuck)

West Indies had to make good use of the DRS on day two of the Southampton Test

09-Jul-2020•ESPNcricinfo staff

Umpire suspicions about Australia led to Newlands sting

Umpire suspicions about Australia led to Newlands sting

Ian Gould has written that Australia's conduct with the ball was already under the scanner leading into the Newlands Test

09-Apr-2020•Daniel Brettig

ICC awards: Ben Stokes named player of the year

ICC awards: Ben Stokes named player of the year

Rohit named ODI player of the year, Cummins Test player of the year, Labuschagne Emerging player of the year

15-Jan-2020•ESPNcricinfo staff

Illingworth 'distraught' by wrong no-ball call

Illingworth 'distraught' by wrong no-ball call

Umpire Richard Illingworth was "distraught" when he discovered that he had incorrectly called a no-ball that reprieved Adam Voges on the first day in Wellington, according to match referee Chris Broad

15-Feb-2016•Brydon Coverdale in Wellington

Rauf, Bowden dropped from Elite umpires' list

Rauf, Bowden dropped from Elite umpires' list

Pakistan's Asad Rauf and New Zealand's Billy Bowden have been dropped from the ICC's Elite Panel of umpires

25-Jun-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Kettleborough and Illingworth join elite umpires

Kettleborough and Illingworth join elite umpires

The English umpires, Richard Kettleborough and Richard Illingworth, have been promoted to the ICC International Panel with immediate effect

09-Nov-2009•Cricinfo staff

Umpire Steve Garratt appointed by ECB

Umpire Steve Garratt appointed by ECB

Steve Garratt, the Nottingham umpire, has been appointed to the full list of first-class officials for next year, replacing Roy Palmer who retired at the end of the season

26-Nov-2007•Cricinfo staff

First-class umpires announced for 2006

First-class umpires announced for 2006

The ECB have announced that the umpires Rob Bailey, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough and Neil Bainton have all been appointed to the full list of first class umpires

24-Oct-2005•Cricinfo staff

He should have been a paceman

He should have been a paceman

1929 Birth of a left-arm spinner whose career makes Phil Tufnell's look boring

04-Jul-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

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