Bruce Nicholas James Oxenford (born 5 March 1960) is a former Australian

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and a former

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er. He has been an ICC international umpire since 2008, when he first umpired an ODI match. He went on to stand in his first Test match in 2010. On 26 September 2012, he was promoted to the

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, the highest umpiring body in the game of cricket, replacing his fellow Australian

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, who retired from the panel to take up a newly created ICC supervisory and training position. In January 2021, Oxenford retired from international umpiring, but would still officiate in domestic matches in Australia.

Playing career

Oxenford played in eight first-class matches for

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during the 1991/92 and 1992/93 seasons.

Umpiring career

Oxenford began umpiring in 1998 and went on to make his first-class umpiring debut in 2001. He was appointed to

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's 12-man National Umpire Panel in 2003 and in 2007–08 was appointed to ICC International Panel of Umpires in the

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category. His first Test match was in December 2010 between

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and

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. He was elevated to the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires in 2012. He was selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the

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. On 30 August 2018, he officiated in his 50th Test as an on-field umpire, in the match between England and India. In April 2019, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires to stand in matches during the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oxenford, Bruce 1960 births Living people Australian Test cricket umpires Australian One Day International cricket umpires Australian Twenty20 International cricket umpires Queensland cricketers Australian cricketers Sportspeople from the Gold Coast, Queensland Cricketers from Queensland

Playing career

Umpiring career

See also

References