Taufel calls for `urgent` review of Cricket`s Panel of Elite Umpires

Last Updated: Monday, August 12, 2013, 13:26

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.

Tony Hill raises finger in empty Durham field as `uninterested` players walk off ground

Last Updated: Monday, August 12, 2013, 12:51

Even as Ryan Harris was given not out, following an LBW appeal from Stuart Broad by Kiwi umpire Tony Hill, players were so sure that he was out that they left the field after making a review, while Hill remained resolute at the stumps and raised his finger to a vacant pitch.

Four officials to share duties over ten Ashes games

Last Updated: Sunday, July 14, 2013, 16:21

Four match officials will reportedly share duties over ten Ashes matches after concerns were raised over umpires` workloads by both England and Australia following the controversies surrounding the decisions regarding England`s Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad.

Umpire Tony Hill backs use of ‘magnificent’ UDRS

Last Updated: Thursday, July 21, 2011, 00:00

Tony Hill says that he has no problem being proved wrong by the Umpire Decision Review System provided that the correct decision is reached.

ICC reprimands Hill for comments on spot-fixing: Report

Last Updated: Friday, September 17, 2010, 00:00

The ICC has reprimanded New Zealand umpire Tony Hill for publicly stating that he suspected the no-balls bowled by Pakistani pacers during the Lord`s Test.

Kiwi umpires Bowden and Hill set to make history

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 00:00

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.