Richard Allan Kettleborough (born 15 March 1973) is an English international

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, and former

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er who appeared in 33 first-class matches for

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and

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. He was a left-handed top order batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. He attended

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and was a member of the college cricket XI for a number of years. Having been appointed to the ECB list of first-class

s in 2006, he officiated with

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in an international Twenty20 between England and Australia in August 2009 and was subsequently elevated to the full

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in May 2011. He won the David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the year in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Playing career

Kettleborough made his debut for Yorkshire in 1994, and scored his only century in 1996 against

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. He played for the Tykes until 1997 when, after failing to establish a permanent place in the first team, he moved to Middlesex for two further seasons. In 2000, he appeared for the Yorkshire Cricket Board in

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and helped his club, Sheffield Collegiate, win both the

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and the National Club Championship. Kettleborough toured Australia with a

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(MCC) team in 2002. After progressing through the Yorkshire age group set up, he scored 1,258 runs in his first-class career, with one century and an average of 25.16 and took 20 catches. In 21 List A games he scored 290 runs at 24.16. Kettleborough took three first-class wickets at 81.00 and six one-day wickets at 38.33.

Umpiring career

Kettleborough's debut as an umpire in first-class cricket came in April 2002, for the match between

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and

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. they followed this up over the next two years with further university matches, and two tour matches (involving Sri Lankans and Indians). In May 2004, they stood on his first

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match, Durham against

. Kettleborough became a member of the ECB First-class list of umpires in 2006, and has taken charge of a number of showpiece domestic matches, including a semi-final in the 2009

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, finals day of the

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in 2009 and the final of the

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in 2010. He was the ECB's designated TV umpire on the ICC International Panel for the 2009 season. He was appointed to stand in his first T20I as umpire between

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and

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in August 2009. He later umpired his 1st One Day International between the same sides a month later. In November 2009, he was promoted to on-field status within the International Panel. Kettleborough made his debut as a

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umpire in a Test between

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and

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in November 2010. He went on to stand in 4 matches at the

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, and gained promotion to the

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in May 2011. He was selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the

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and umpired in

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played between the co-hosts Australia and New Zealand at the historic MCG on 29 March 2015. During the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy held in

and

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, he stood in the semi-final between

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and

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at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in

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on 15 June 2017. Kettleborough went on to stand in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy Final between arch-rivals

and

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on 18 June 2017. In April 2019, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires to stand in matches during the 2019 Cricket World Cup. In July 2019, he was named as one of the two on-field umpires for the first semi-final match, between

and

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. In June 2021, Kettleborough was named as the TV umpire for the 2021 ICC World Test Championship Final.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kettleborough, Richard 1973 births Living people English cricketers Yorkshire cricketers Middlesex cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers English Test cricket umpires English One Day International cricket umpires English Twenty20 International cricket umpires Cricketers from Sheffield Yorkshire Cricket Board cricketers People educated at Worksop College English cricketers of 1969 to 2000

Playing career

Umpiring career

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