Tony Hill

Veteran umpire Tony Hill on Thursday stepped down from the ICC's elite panel to take up the role of New Zealand Cricket's Umpire Coach.

Rameez Raja feels ICC should do away with the concept of having neutral umpires and advocated the need to rotate the on-field officials during Tests.

In a rare feat, ICC Elite Panel umpires Billy Bowden and Tony Hill of New Zealand will create history by becoming the first neutral umpires from the same country to officiate together in a Test match.

The review system was the subject of unwanted attention in the second Ashes Test match at Lord's again. TOI points out why...

The Gujarat cricket association (GCA) umpires academy successfully completed three years on August 25, 2014. In these three years the academy has reached great heights in umpiring by improving the standard of cricket and umpiring in particular.

Tony Hill and Ian Gould have been elevated to the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires following the annual review and selection process.

If all goes according to plan, the Tony Hill station nestled in the Western Ghats could well boast of a night life rivalling Mumbai’s, including casinos, discotheques etc.

Chief secretary JK Banthia had a second meeting this week over the government’s grand plans to revive Matheran as an entertainment-cum-leisure hub.

Vindicating BCCI's reservations over the use of the Hawk-Eye ball-tracking technology, leading international umpire Simon Taufel has referred Australian player Phil Hughes' second-innings dismissal during the Galle Test against Sri Lanka to ICC.

Former India paceman Javagal Srinath has been appointed match referee for the three-match One-day cricket series between Sri Lanka and Pakistan to be held in Abu Dhabi later this month.

Aleem Dar feels the standard of umpiring in international cricket can improve if officials use technology often while deciding on close dismissals.

Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson and New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris have been fined after being found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct.

Ranjan Madugalle, Chris Broad and Alan Hurst have been appointed match referees for next month's ICC World Twenty20 Championship in England.

Bangladesh spinner Shakib Al Hasan and fast bowler Shahadat Hossain were fined, while opener Imrul Kayes was reprimanded for excessive appealing during the first Test against West Indies at St Vincent, Kingstown.

No Indian features in the International Cricket Council's umpires' panel for the 2012-13 season in which England's Nigel Llong was on Monday named as the replacement for the recently-retired Billy Doctrove.

The ICC is likely to debate the accuracy of the Umpires Decision Referral System with the use of existing technology during its chief executive meeting.

Asad Rauf, who is being investigated in IPL spot-fixing scandal, and Billy Bowden were dropped from ICC Elite Panel of Umpires after review of performance.

Sri Lanka's Kumar Dharmasena and Richard Kettleborough of England were promoted to the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires for the year 2011-2012 following an annual review.

Australia were bowled out for 128 in reply to England's first innings 361, a deficit of 233 runs, on the second day of the second Test at Lord's on Friday.

No Indian found a place in the ICC's re-jigged Elite Panel of Umpires from which South African veteran Rudy Koertzen will retire in July.