Thank You Bruce Oxenford !

Australian Umpire, Bruce Oxenford has called his time on International career. He has been an instrumental umpire in the past 15 years, which featuring around 200 International Matches. Apart from being an umpire, he was also a cricketer, who had been a leg spinner during his early days. His final test match was the game between Australia and India, which was held at Brisbane, 2 weeks back. 

He has been a phenomenal umpire, who had introduced and promoted the use of arm shield as protective gears for future umpires on the field. Oxenford had made his international debut as an umpire during 2007-08 season. He has been inducted into ICC's International Panel of Umpires at 2008-08 and became a member of ICC's Elite Panel of Umpires at the year 2012. 

In his 15 years of international career as an umpire, he has featured around 62 tests in his 200 games. Also, it is reported that he would continue umpiring in Australia's first class games and domestic fixtures. 

He is one of the six umpires, after Darryl Harper, Darelll Hair, Simon Taufel, Rod Tucker and Steve Davis to stand in for more than 50 matches. Overall, only 16 umpires have officiated in more than 50 matches. In this career span, he stood for 3 Men's Cricket World Cups and 3 Men's T20 Cricket World Cups. Also, he had officiated in as an umpire in 2 Women's Global Tournaments.

"I look back with pride at my international career as an umpire," he said. "It is still hard to believe that I officiated in close to 200 international matches. Such a long career was not really something that I had hoped for before commencing on this journey.

"Most importantly, I want to thank my wife Jo, son James and daughter Kristen for all their love and support over the years. It would not have been possible for me to have such a long career without their sacrifices and for this I am eternally grateful."