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Bucknor to umpire Proteas
14/02/2008 17:37 - (SA)
Dhaka - Umpire Steve Bucknor will return
to cricket for two Test matches between Bangladesh and South
Africa this month.
Jamaican Bucknor was dropped by the International Cricket
Council (ICC) from a Test series in Australia last month
following pressure from India, who had criticised his
performance in their 122-run defeat against the hosts in Sydney.
Bucknor will stand in with Pakistan's Alim Dar in the first
and second Tests between Bangladesh and South Africa, starting
on Feb 22 and 29 respectively.
India had also accused Bucknor of playing a major role in
the row over their spinner Harbhajan Singh, who was charged with
racially abusing Australia's Andrew Symonds, a charge which was
later dismissed by an independent judge.
The decision to drop Bucknor was one of the factors which
allowed the Australia tour to continue after India's cricket
board had threatened to take their team home.
Widely respected and instantly recognisable, Bucknor has
umpired a record 120 Test matches, as well as 167 one-day games.
Only David Shepherd of England and Rudi Koertzen of South
Africa have umpired more one-day internationals.
The 61-year-old Bucknor has also stood in five successive
World Cup finals.
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