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| Full name | Paul Ronald Reiffel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1966-04-19)19 April 1966 (age 58) Box Hill,Victoria,Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Pistol | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armfast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All rounder,umpire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 352) | 1 February 1992 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 6 March 1998 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 108) | 14 January 1992 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 20 June 1999 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987/88–2001/02 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tests umpired | 73 (2012–2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODIs umpired | 97 (2009–2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20Is umpired | 33 (2009–2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WTests umpired | 1 (2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WODIs umpired | 3 (2004–2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WT20Is umpired | 7 (2012–2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paul Ronald Reiffel (born 19 April 1966) is an Australian formercricketer who played in 35Tests and 92One Day Internationals (ODIs) from 1992 to 1999.[1] He was part of Australia's victorious1999 World Cup team. After retirement he became afirst-class cricketumpire.[2] He is currently a member of theElite Panel of ICC Umpires.
Reiffel's career best bowling figures of 6/71 came atEdgbaston in 1993. Throughout his career he took 104 wickets at 26.96 in 35 Tests, taking 5 or morewickets in an innings five times. An accurate bowler whose main attacking weapon wasseam bowling,[1] Reiffel was a more than handy batsman. While limited in his shotmaking ability, he had a solid defence. Two notable achievements in his Australian playing career were being members of the winning1999 Cricket World Cup ODI team and the test side that defeated the West Indies during the 1994/95Frank Worrell Trophy series.[3] Reiffel was aVictorian cricket captain who was notorious for declaring a Victorian innings closed in 2001 withMichael Klinger on 99 not out.[4]
Reiffel made his first class umpiring debut in the 2004/2005 season after first umpiring in Melbourne grade cricket in 2002. Reiffel joined theCricket Australia National Umpire's Panel in the 2005/2006 season.[5][6] In 2008, he became a member of theInternational Cricket CouncilInternational Panel of ICC Umpires,[7] the first former Australian Test cricketer to do so.[8] He made his international on-field umpiring debut in aOne Day International match between Australia and New Zealand on 6 February 2009.[9] He also umpired in both Tests of the West Indies-New Zealand Test Series in July–August 2012.
In June 2013, Reiffel was elevated to theElite Panel of ICC Umpires. He was selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the2015 Cricket World Cup.[10]
On the first day of thefourth Test between India and England at theWankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Reiffel was hit on the head by a throw from fielderBhuvneshwar Kumar. He left the field and underwent precautionary tests, which showed that he had not suffered any major injuries. TheInternational Cricket Council, however, decided against Reiffel taking any further part in the match. He was replaced byMarais Erasmus who was originally thethird umpire.[11]
In April 2019, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires to stand in matches during the2019 Cricket World Cup.[12][13] In September 2023, he was named as one of the sixteen match officials for2023 Cricket World Cup.[14][15]
Reiffel's father,Ron Reiffel, played for theRichmond Football Club. His grandfather,Lou Reiffel, was also anAustralian rules footballer and played for bothMelbourne andSouth Melbourne.[16]
Following the death of his father in December 2018, Reiffel pulled out of officiating duringSri Lanka's tour of New Zealand the following month.
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