Full Name

Richard Keith Illingworth

Born

August 23, 1963, Greengates, Bradford, Yorkshire

Age

60y 209d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

Playing Role

Bowler

RELATIONS

Other

Umpire

A steady left-arm spinner with a clipped moustache and a gentle manner, Illingworth snared his wickets by bowling maidens and building up pressure. He later added greater turn to his repertoire, but it was for his reliability as much as anything that England chose him in 1991 for the one-day and Test teams. Illingworth took a wicket with his first ball in Tests, but the selectors rightly decided that his style was better suited to the shorter form, and he was a miserly member of the side that reached the 1992 World Cup final. Although he made a Test comeback in 1995 and toured South Africa with some success that winter, Illingworth never managed to fight off the more talented Phil Tufnell for long enough to become a regular. For Worcestershire he was a gritty No. 8 and made three centuries as nightwatchman, but after 18 years on the staff, he was sidelined in 2000, and his request for a one-day contract for 2001 was turned down. Derbyshire promptly signed him on a two-year contract, but he drifted out of the game at the end of 2002. He was appointed to the full list of first-class umpires for the 2006 season. Lawrence Booth

Richard Illingworth Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests9131485615194/966/15032.362.4878.1100
ODIs252515011059303/333/3335.304.2350.0000
FC376-65868262138317/50-31.542.3879.2-276
List A381-16918111574125/245/2427.083.9541.0820

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests91471282818.2839932.080015050
ODIs25115681411.3311957.14004080
FC3764351227027120*22.45--421--1610
List A38118587145853*14.87--01--930

Umpire & Referee

FormatMatUmpireTV Umpire
Tests976730
ODIs1609070
T20Is402713
WTests11-
WODIs66-
WT20Is14131
FC1431412
List A1301264
T20s24822424
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Recent Matches of Richard Illingworth

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Wiltshire vs Cheshire29 & 62/10217-Jul-2005TrowbridgeOTHER
Wiltshire vs Dorset94/28 & 4/9819-Jun-2005SalisburyOTHER
Wiltshire vs Dorset85/87 & 0/117-Aug-2003BournemouthOTHER
Wiltshire vs Berkshire16 & 412/89 & 2/9303-Aug-2003WestburyOTHER
Wiltshire vs Oxfordshire23 & 32*1/69 & 5/4613-Jul-2003SalisburyOTHER

Photos of Richard Illingworth

Ravindra Jadeja chats to Marais Erasmus and Richard Illingworth after overturning a decision
Mustafizur Rahman and Richard Illingworth in action
Richard Illingworth helps clear up the movement behind the sightscreen which bothered Steven Smith
The umpires got together to inspect and change the ball
Match officials put some gravitas on display
Match officials Joel Wilson, Gregory Brathwaite and Richard Illingworth inspect the surface