13 Facts About Ian Blackwell

Ian David Blackwell was born on 10 June 1978 and is an English cricket umpire and retired professional cricketer.

Ian Blackwell was appointed captain of Somerset for the last part of the 2005 season after the departure of Graeme Smith.

On his first-class debut for Durham, in the opening match of the 2009 English season, Ian Blackwell scored a century against the Marylebone Cricket Club, featuring a bowling line up including England hopefuls Sajid Mahmood, Kabir Ali, Tim Bresnan, and Adil Rashid.

Ian Blackwell went on to have a productive season in 2009, scoring 801 runs at 40.05 and taking 43 wickets at 23.53 as Durham won the County Championship for the second successive year.

Ian Blackwell arrived at Warwickshire in time to be part of another side which clinched a County Championship.

In January 2013, Durham terminated Ian Blackwell's contract leading to his retirement from professional cricket in March 2013.

Ian Blackwell made his one-day international debut for England in the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy.

Ian Blackwell was called up for the England Test squad after Ashley Giles had to withdraw from the 2006 tour to India.

Ian Blackwell remained first choice spinner for the One Day International series however.

Ian Blackwell looked set to make another Test match appearance against Sri Lanka, but suffered a shoulder injury which derailed his season.

In December 2014 Ian Blackwell was added to ECB's reserve list of first-class umpires.

Ian Blackwell made his debut in First-class cricket in April 2015 in a match between Somerset and Durham MCC University at Taunton.

Ian Blackwell umpired his first match in the County Championship in April 2016.