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Full name | Rodney James Tucker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Auburn, New South Wales, Australia | 28 August 1964|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Darren Tucker (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1985/86–1987/88 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988/89–1998/99 | Tasmania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999/00 | Canberra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Umpiring information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tests umpired | 91 (2010–2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODIs umpired | 105 (2009–2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20Is umpired | 58 (2009–2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WTests umpired | 1 (2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WODIs umpired | 6 (2004–2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WT20Is umpired | 5 (2010) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,23 November 2023 |
Rodney James Tucker (born 28 August 1964) is an Australian cricket umpire,member of the ICC Elite Umpire Panel and officiates in international Tests,ODIs and T20Is. He was a cricketer who played briefly for New South Wales from 1985/86 to 1987/88,before moving to Tasmania where he played from 1987/88 to 1998/99. He was also vice-captain of Tasmania from 1991/92 until 1995/96. He briefly played as Captain/Coach for the Canberra Comets in the 1999/2000 season before retiring from cricket as a player.
A left-handed batsman,Tucker scored 5,076 first-class runs at an average of 36.25,and took 123 first-class wickets at an average of 41.40,bowling right-arm medium. He played in Tasmania's sides that were runners-up in the Sheffield Shield in 1993–94 and 1997–98.
After his playing career,Tucker took to umpiring. He was appointed to the ICC International Panel of Umpires [1] in 2008 and was quickly promoted to the ICC Elite Umpire Panel in 2010. He was one of the 20 umpires to stand in matches during the 2015 Cricket World Cup. [2] Tucker stood in the 1st semi-final of the tournament,played between South Africa and New Zealand on 24 March 2015 at Auckland. He stood in the final of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20. [3] On 2 January 2017,he stood in his 50th Test,when umpiring the second Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka at Newlands Cricket Ground. [4]
In April 2019,he was named as one of the sixteen umpires for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. [5] [6] In September 2023,he was named as one of the sixteen match officials for 2023 Cricket World Cup. [7] [8] He stood as an on-field umpire in 6 group stage matches and in a semi-final match.
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