'Now was my time to go'

Steve Bucknor opens up during an interview to Nitin Naik in the Times of India on various topics like his toughest game as umpire, the routines he goes through on match days and his partnership with David Shepherd with whom he umpired in three successive World Cup finals.

What is the toughest game you’ve had to umpire?

It would have to be the Ashes Test of the 1998 series in Melbourne. We’d lost the first day to poor weather and on day four we were on the field for eight and a quarter hours. It was challenging in many senses, with the decision making and the length of time on the field. But the media’s comments at the end of the day were extremely positive of the umpiring which was a nice thing.