Rod Tucker

Fakhar Zaman faces a Level 3 ball-tampering charge in the PSL after an incident during Lahore Qalandars' match against Karachi Kings. This controversy echoes a similar episode during the T20 World Cup against the USA, where Zaman's actions also raised suspicions. Both incidents occurred under pressure, with no proven offense yet.

Indian umpire Nitin Menon has earned a spot on the elite panel for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup semifinals. He will serve as the third umpire for the Kolkata clash between South Africa and New Zealand on March 4. The following day, India faces England in Mumbai, with a separate officiating team in place.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the umpire lineup for the upcoming World Cup semifinals. Rod Tucker and Richard Illingworth will officiate the first match between India and New Zealand in Mumbai on November 15, followed by Nitin Menon and Richard Kettleborough for the second semi-final between Australia and South Africa in Kolkata on November 16. Illingworth, who officiated in the 2019 World Cup semifinal, will also be on-field. Joel Wilson will be the third umpire, Adrian Holdstock will be the fourth, and Andy Pycroft will be the match referee.

Former Sri Lanka cricketer Kumar Dharmasena along with Rod Tucker and Marais Erasmus will officiate the men's final of the World Twenty20 between England and the West Indies on Sunday.

Umpire Rod Tucker found himself in an awkward situation after having ruled Dhawan out even though wicketkeeper Mushfiqur had dropped the catch.

The ICC on Friday announced the match officials for the World Cup opener between England and New Zealand on October 5. Nitin Menon and Kumar Dharmasena from India will serve as the on-field umpires, while former pace bowler Javagal Srinath will take on the role of match referee.

Dhoni climbed high on Bangladesh fans' hate list after barging into pacer Mustafizur Rahman in a bid to shove him out of his way while running a quick single.

Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan was on Friday fined 10 per cent of his match fee after being found guilty of breaching the ICC code of conduct by appealing repeatedly and celebrating a dismissal excessively during the second Test against England.

Richard Kettleborough and Kumar Dharmasena will be the on-field umpires during the second semifinal between India and Bangladesh in the Champions Trophy at Edgbaston on Thursday.

Tim Bresnan has said he and umpire Rod Tucker received death threats after the latter adjudged Sachin Tendulkar LBW during the 2011 Test, depriving the cricket legend of what would have been his 100th international century. "We both got death threats, me and umpire, we got death threats for ages after that," said Bresnan. According to him, Tucker even stepped up his security due to the threats.

India defeated defending champions England by 68 runs in the semifinal held at Providence, Guyana, while South Africa handed a nine-wicket hammering to Afghanistan at Tarouba, Trinidad.

Indian speedster Ishant Sharma was again involved in an altercation with some Sri Lankan players during the visiting team's second innings on the fourth day of the third Test.

Nitin Menon will officiate in his fourth T20 World Cup, while Anantha Padmanabhan makes his debut at an ICC event. Menon is set to reach 150 international matches as an on-field umpire. Kumar Dharmasena, a veteran, will also be officiating, having already stood in 37 T20 World Cup matches.

English duo of Richard Illingworth and Richard Kettleborough will officiate the first semi-final of the ICC World Cup between India and New Zealand at Manchester on Tuesday.

Former Australian player Tom Moody believes Ricky Ponting --- one of the finest to have played the game --- was destined for greatness right a young age.

Takeaways from Day 3 of the second Test between India and New Zealand at the Eden Gardens that saw India extend their lead to 339 runs.

The International Cricket Council on Thursday announced the appointment of 20 match officials for round one and Super 12 phase of the upcoming men's T20 World Cup, with Nitin Menon being the lone Indian named among the umpires.

Javagal Srinath was the lone Indian to feature in the match referees' list, while Sundaram Ravi continued to be the country's representative among the top umpires as the ICC on Thursday announced an unchanged list of elite match officials.

Kumar Dharmasena and Richard Kettleborough were on Saturday appointed on-field umpires for the World Cup semifinal clash between India and Australia.

Sundaram Ravi remains the only Indian umpire in the ICC Elite Panel with the world body naming an unchanged line-up for the 2017-18 season.