Bruce Nicholas James Oxenford (born 5 March 1960) is an Australian former cricket umpire and a former cricketer. He has been an ICC international umpire since 2008, when he first umpired an ODI match. He went on to stand in his first Test match in 2010. On 26 September 2012, he was promoted to the ICC Elite Umpire Panel, the highest umpiring body in the game of cricket, replacing fellow Australian Simon Taufel, who retired from the panel to take up a newly created ICC supervisory and training position.[1]
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| Full name | Bruce Nicholas James Oxenford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 March 1960 Southport, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break and googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991/92–1992/93 | Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 13 December 1991 Queensland v Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 8 January 1993 Queensland v South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Umpiring information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tests umpired | 62 (2008–2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODIs umpired | 97 (2007–2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20Is umpired | 20 (2006–2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WTests umpired | 1 (2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WODIs umpired | 11 (2006–2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WT20Is umpired | 15 (2012–2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 November 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In January 2021, Oxenford retired from international umpiring, but would still officiate in domestic matches in Australia.[2]
Playing career
editOxenford played in eight first-class matches for Queensland during the 1991/92 and 1992/93 seasons.[3]
Umpiring career
editOxenford began umpiring in 1998 and went on to make his first-class umpiring debut in 2001. He was appointed to Cricket Australia's 12-man National Umpire Panel in 2003 and in 2007–08 was appointed to ICC International Panel of Umpires in the third umpire category.[3][4][5]
His first Test match was in December 2010 between Sri Lanka and West Indies at Pallekele.[3][6] He was elevated to the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires in 2012. He was selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the 2015 Cricket World Cup.[7]
On 30 August 2018, he officiated in his 50th Test as an on-field umpire, in the match between England and India.[8][9]
In April 2019, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires to stand in matches during the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[10][11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Taufel to retire after World Twenty20. ESPNcricinfo (26 September 2012).
- ^ "Umpire Bruce Oxenford calls time on 15-year international career". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "Players – Bruce Oxenford". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ Craddock, Robert (12 February 2008). "Ex-players make better umps". Fox Sports. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ Cricket Australia 2007–08 Umpire Panels announced. cricketworld.com (12 July 2007)
- ^ "Bruce Oxenford". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ "ICC announces match officials for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015". ICC Cricket. 2 December 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Oxenford to stand in 50th Test". Queensland Cricket. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Oxenford completes half-century of Tests". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Match officials for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ "Umpire Ian Gould to retire after World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2019.