14 Facts About Steve Bucknor

Steve Bucknor umpired in a record 128 Test matches between 1989 and 2009, and umpired in 181 One Day Internationals during this period, including five consecutive Cricket World Cup finals from 1992 to 2007.

Steve Bucknor played as a goalkeeper in Jamaican parish leagues in the 1960s.

Steve Bucknor was a FIFA referee in a CONCACAF and World Cup qualifier between El Salvador and the Netherlands Antilles in 1988.

Steve Bucknor's first international cricket fixture was a One Day International between the West Indies and India at Antigua on 18 March 1989.

Steve Bucknor officiated in the next four World Cup finals in 1996,1999,2003 and 2007, with the 2007 World Cup taking place in his native West Indies.

Steve Bucknor was a member of this panel from its foundation until the ICC changed its policy on umpires again in 2002.

Steve Bucknor maintained a place on the Elite Panel from its foundation until his retirement.

Steve Bucknor was one of the standing umpires in the 2007 Cricket World Cup final, during which play was infamously continued despite very poor light.

Former umpire Dickie Bird suggested that Steve Bucknor had "gone on too long", while Steve Bucknor blamed the BCCI's financial power for his ouster.

The ICC confirmed on 23 February 2009 that Steve Bucknor had decided to retire from umpiring in March 2009.

Steve Bucknor has stood as an onfield umpire in five World Cup tournaments, during which he has officiated 44 matches including five finals.

Steve Bucknor held the record for the most Test matches umpired until December 2019, when Aleem Dar of Pakistan stood in his 129th Test match as an on-field umpire, surpassing his record of officiating in the most number of Test matches.

Steve Bucknor was the first umpire to have officiated in over 100 Test matches.

Steve Bucknor has received the ICC's Bronze Bails Awards for umpiring in 100 ODIs, as well as the Golden Bails Award for umpiring 100 Test matches.