The hot-headed Aussie rails against chair umpire, ATP after Miami Open loss
Zimbabwe umpire Ian Robinson on Thursday stepped down from the ICC's elite panel to take up the new job of ICC Regional Umpires' Performance Manager for the Africa region.
ICC Umpire Performance and Training Manager Simon Taufel has said that the current structure of cricket's Panel of Elite Umpires is in need of urgent review after the fourth Ashes Test at Durham was also hit by controversy surrounding umpiring decisions.
Australian Simon Taufel will officiate in Sunday's World Twenty20 summit clash between Sri Lanka and West Indies -- his last assignment as an ICC Elite panel umpire.
Bruce Oxenford will be replacing Simon Taufel on the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires from November 1, the ICC announced on Wednesday.
Not a single Indian features in the ICC's Elite Panel of Umpires right now and the celebrated Simon Taufel doesn't foresee anyone making the cut in near future either.
Just as they were about a kilometre away from the stadium, Taufel says, he heard something that sounded like firecrackers.
Sighting the pink ball during the twilight period will be a challenge not only for batsmen but also umpires, says retired Australian umpire Simon Taufel.
The ICC announced the expansion of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires on Friday.
The controversial Hotspot technology will not be available to umpires to review decisions in the upcoming Ashes series between Australia and England, its inventor Warren Brennan told local media.
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