Tony Hill

Billy Bowden is to return to elite-level umpiring during the Ashes after being drafted in for the upcoming series in Australia

Despite all the criticism that has been turned on them, the on-field officials are doing a decent job

From legalised player dissent to big-screen reviews, international umpires are now on a hiding to nothing but humiliation

An arbitrary decision about when it is safe to play has endangered Australia's chances of reclaiming the urn

Australia's captain Michael Clarke was far from alone in fuming as the umpires made the unilateral decision to take the teams off for bad light

Umpire Tony Hill has said he doesn't mind being proved wrong by the DRS, as long as the correct decision is arrived at

The umpires Tony Hill and Billy Bowden suspected one of Mohammad Amir's colossal no-balls in the Lord's Test was deliberate, but only as a means to intimidate the batsman Jonathan Trott

Tony Hill and Ian Gould have been added to the ICC's elite panel of umpires following the annual review and selection process

Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the day from Kingston

Steve Bucknor and Aleem Dar, the two umpires who stood in the World Cup Final earlier this year, have struggled with visa problems which prevented them from standing in the first Test between Australia and Sri Lanka at Brisbane

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

The New Zealand Cricket Board has accepted New Zealand Cricket's nominations to the ICC International Panel of umpires