Richard Illingworth
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Full name | Richard Keith Illingworth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | 23 August 1963|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left–arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Umpire, Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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Test debut (cap 551) | 4 July 1991 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 26 December 1995 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 113) | 23 May 1991 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 9 March 1996 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1982–2000 | Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988/89 | Natal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001 | Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tests umpired | 64 (2012–2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODIs umpired | 90 (2010–2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20Is umpired | 27 (2010–2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WTests umpired | 1 (2005) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WODIs umpired | 6 (2003–2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WT20Is umpired | 13 (2011–2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 November 2023 |
Richard Keith Illingworth (born 23 August 1963) is an English former
Playing career
Playing mainly as a left-arm
For most of his twenty-season county cricket career, Illingworth remained with Worcestershire. Perhaps the highlights of his county career came when the county won the County Championship in 1988 and 1989. After he failed to win a contract extension in 2000, the last two years of his time in the first-class game were spent with Derbyshire. He finished with 831 wickets at an average of 31.54, and more than 7,000 runs at 22.45, including four first-class centuries.
One-Day International career
In 1990, Illingworth had his most productive year, taking 75 wickets at a
Illingworth went onto play for England in two Cricket World Cups, in 1992 and 1996. During the 1992 World Cup, Illingworth played in the final, giving away 50 runs in his 10 overs for the wicket of Javed Miandad, and also catching Imran Khan at long-on. In the same match, he had the misfortune of being the last man dismissed as England fell short in the final for the third time.
Test career
Although his performances in the other two Texaco Trophy matches of 1991 were less impressive, he did take the wickets of
Illingworth retained his place for the Fourth Test at Edgbaston, batting at number 11; this match was notable for the fact that all eleven England players had a first-class century to their name. Despite this, England were easily beaten, Illingworth going for almost five runs an over and picking up just one wicket in the match. He was dropped for The Oval, and replaced by Phil Tufnell. Tufnell took 6–25 in the first innings of that match to help propel England to a series-levelling win. Illingworth did not to play another Test until 1995, although he retained his one-day place for a couple of years, and did well in the 1992 World Cup.
By 1995, Illingworth had been out of the England side for two years, but the selectors were impressed by his reliable performances for his county, and called him up for the Test series against West Indies. He played in all but the Fourth Test (for which he was replaced by John Emburey), and the Sixth Test (for which he was incapacitated by injury). He won plaudits in this series for joining Mike Watkinson in a last-wicket stand in the Fifth Test which helped to ensure a drawn Test (and ultimately a drawn series), in spite of an injured finger. Christopher Martin-Jenkins praised "Illingworth`s courageous defiance of doctor`s orders".[3] Although his series bowling figures of 6–215 were not particularly outstanding, he was selected for the winter tour to South Africa. It proved a good choice: Illingworth had his best series for England, taking nine Test wickets at an average of under 21. He also appeared four times in the 1996 World Cup, but thereafter the selectors' preference turned decisively to Tufnell, and Illingworth never played international cricket again.
Umpiring career
Illingworth was appointed to the
He was selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the 2015 Cricket World Cup.[6] In April 2019, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires to stand in matches during the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[7][8] In July 2019, he was named as one of the two on-field umpires for the first semi-final match, between India and New Zealand.[9] He was declared ICC Umpire of the year for 2019 and won the David Shepherd Trophy.
In January 2021, Illingworth was named as one of the umpires for the Test matches between
He was named as one of the match officials for
See also
- List of Test cricket umpires
- List of One Day International cricket umpires
- List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires
References
- ^ "International cricketers turned umpires". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
- ^ "England v West Indies, Test 5". Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "First-class umpires named for 2006". Cricinfo. 24 October 2005. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ "Richard Illingworth as Umpire in First-Class Matches". Cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ "Officials appointed for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup semi-finals". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "Richard Illingworth to become first neutral umpire in Test cricket since Covid-19 pandemic". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Match officials for ICC World Test Championship Final announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Match officials for the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 named". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ "ICC announce Match Officials for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ "Illingworth and Kettleborough to take charge of ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 final". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 November 2023.