Richard Kettleborough
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| Full name | Richard Allan Kettleborough | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 March 1973 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1997 | Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 16 June 1994 Yorkshire v Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 9 September 1999 Middlesex v Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Umpiring information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tests umpired | 91 (2010–2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODIs umpired | 109 (2009–2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20Is umpired | 40 (2009–2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WODIs umpired | 4 (2002–2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WT20Is umpired | 2 (2007–2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 November 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richard Allan Kettleborough (born 15 March 1973) is an English international cricket umpire, and former first-class cricketer who appeared in 33 first-class matches for Yorkshire and 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 ECB list of first-class umpires in 2006, 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 ICC Umpires in November 2009 and the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires in May 2011. He won the David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the year in 2013, 2014 and 2015.