Richard Kettleborough

{{Short description|English cricket umpire (born 1973)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Richard Kettleborough | image = MSR101.jpg | caption = Richard Kettleborough in 2019 | country = England | fullname = Richard Allan Kettleborough | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1973|03|15}} | birth_place = [[Sheffield]], [[Yorkshire]], England | heightft = 5 | heightinch = 10 | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] | role = Batsman | club2 = [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] | year2 = 1998–1999 | club1 = [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] | year1 = {{nowrap|1994–1997}} | type1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]] | debutdate1 = 16 June | debutyear1 = 1994 | debutfor1 = Yorkshire | debutagainst1 = [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] | lastdate1 = 9 September | lastyear1 = 1999 | lastfor1 = Middlesex | lastagainst1 = [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]

| columns = 2 | column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]] | matches1 = 33 | runs1 = 1,500 | bat avg1 = 25.16 | 100s/50s1 = 1/7 | top score1 = 108 | deliveries1 = 378 | wickets1 = 3 | bowl avg1 = 81.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 2/26 | catches/stumpings1 = 20/– | column2 = [[List A cricket|List A]] | matches2 = 21 | runs2 = 507 | bat avg2 = 24.16 | 100s/50s2 = 0/1 | top score2 = 58 | deliveries2 = 270 | wickets2 = 6 | bowl avg2 = 38.33 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 2/43 | catches/stumpings2 = 6/– | date = 23 November 2023 | source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15872.html Cricinfo }}

'''Richard Allan Kettleborough''' (born 15 March 1973)<ref name="YB">{{cite book |title=The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook |last=Warner |first=David |year=2011 |edition=113th |publisher=Great Northern Books |location=Ilkley, Yorkshire |isbn=978-1-905080-85-4 |page=372}}</ref> is an English international [[cricket]] [[Umpire (cricket)|umpire]], and former [[first-class cricket]]er who appeared in 33 first-class matches for [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] and [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]. He was a left-handed top order batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. He attended [[Worksop College]] and was a member of the college cricket XI for a number of years.

Having been appointed to the [[England and Wales Cricket Board|ECB]] list of first-class [[Umpire (cricket)|umpire]]s in 2006,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/15872.html|title=Player Profile: Richard Kettleborough|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=6 October 2009}}</ref> he officiated with [[Ian Gould]] in an international Twenty20 between England and Australia in August 2009 and was subsequently elevated to the full [[International Panel of Umpires and Referees|International Panel of ICC Umpires]] in November 2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/433608.html|title=Kettleborough and Illingworth join elite umpires}}</ref> and the [[Elite Panel of ICC Umpires]] in May 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/516640.html|title = Harper, de Silva removed from Elite Panel}}</ref> He won the ICC Umpire of the year ([[David Shepherd Trophy]]) in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

==Playing career== Kettleborough made his debut for Yorkshire in 1994, and scored his only century in 1996 against [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]]. 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.<ref name="YB"/> In 2000, he appeared for the Yorkshire Cricket Board in [[List A cricket|one day cricket]] and helped his club, Sheffield Collegiate, win both the [[Yorkshire ECB County Premier League]] and the National Club Championship. Kettleborough toured Australia with a [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (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, during the match between [[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]] and [[Durham University Centre of Cricketing Excellence|Durham UCCE]].<ref name="FCU list">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4494/Umpire_in_First-Class_Matches.html|title=Richard Kettleborough as Umpire in First-Class Matches|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=6 October 2009}}</ref> They followed this up over the next two years with further university matches, and two tour matches (involving [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lankans]] and [[India national cricket team|Indians]]).<ref name="FCU list"/> In May 2004, they stood on his first [[County Championship]] match, Durham against [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]].<ref name="FCU list"/>

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 [[Friends Provident Trophy]], finals day of the [[Twenty20 Cup]] in 2009 and the final of the [[Clydesdale Bank 40]] in 2010.

He was the ECB's designated TV umpire on the [[International Panel of Umpires and Referees|ICC International Panel]] for the 2009 season. He was appointed to stand in his first T20I as umpire between [[England Cricket Team|England]] and [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] 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 [[Test cricket]] umpire in a Test between [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] and [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] at [[Galle]] in November 2010. He went on to stand in 4 matches at the [[Cricket World Cup 2011]], and gained promotion to the [[Elite Panel of ICC Umpires]] in May 2011.

He was one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the [[2015 Cricket World Cup]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2014/media-releases/83319/icc-announces-match-officials-for-icc-cricket-world-cup-2015|title= ICC announces match officials for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015|publisher= ICC Cricket|date= 2 December 2014|access-date= 12 February 2015|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150330201852/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2014/media-releases/83319/icc-announces-match-officials-for-icc-cricket-world-cup-2015|archive-date= 30 March 2015|df= dmy-all}}</ref> and umpired in [[2015 Cricket World Cup Final|the Final]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015/engine/match/656495.html |title=ICC Cricket World Cup, Final: Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne, Mar 29, 2015 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=29 March 2015 |access-date=29 March 2015}}</ref> 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 [[England]] and [[Wales]], he stood in the semi-final between [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]] and [[India national cricket team|India]] at the [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground]] in [[Birmingham]] on 15 June 2017. Kettleborough went on to stand in the [[2017 ICC Champions Trophy Final]] between arch-rivals [[India national cricket team|India]] and [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] at [[The Oval]] in [[London]] on 18 June 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.espncricinfo.com/icc-champions-trophy-2017/engine/current/match/1022375.html |title=ICC Champions Trophy, Final: India v Pakistan at The Oval, Jun 18, 2017 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date= 17 June 2017}}</ref>

In April 2019, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires to stand in matches during the [[2019 Cricket World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1198051 |title=Match officials for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 announced |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=26 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1182149.html |title=Umpire Ian Gould to retire after World Cup |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=26 April 2019}}</ref> In July 2019, he was named as one of the two on-field umpires for the first semi-final match, between [[India national cricket team|India]] and [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1266863 |title=Officials appointed for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup semi-finals |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=7 July 2019}}</ref> In June 2021, Kettleborough was named as the TV umpire for the [[2021 ICC World Test Championship Final]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/2167649 |title=Match officials for ICC World Test Championship Final announced |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=8 June 2021}}</ref>

He was named as one of the sixteen match officials for [[2023 Cricket World Cup]].<ref name="2023 Officials">{{cite news |title=Match officials for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 named |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/3676407 |access-date=22 September 2023 |work=www.icc-cricket.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=ICC announce Match Officials for ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/3676805 |access-date=22 September 2023 |work=www.icc-cricket.com |language=en}}</ref> He officiated in 5 group stage matches and in the semi final [[2023 Cricket World Cup knockout stage#Semi-final 2|between Australia and South Africa]]. He was also named on-field umpire for the [[2023 Cricket World Cup Final|final]], for the second time after he officiated as one of the on-field umpires in [[2015 Cricket World Cup Final]].<ref>{{cite web |access-date=17 November 2023 |title=Illingworth and Kettleborough to take charge of ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 final |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/3788466 |website=International Cricket Council}}</ref> He also served as the third umpire in the final of the [[2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup]].

==See also== * [[List of Test cricket umpires]] * [[List of One Day International cricket umpires]] * [[List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=15872}}

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