Umpire Bruce Oxenford announces retirement from international cricket
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Dubai, Jan 28 : Umpire Bruce Oxenford has decided to retire from international cricket after officiating across all three formats of the game for over 15 years.
A regular member of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Umpires since 2012, Oxenford has officiated in 62 Test matches, the last of which was the final match of the Border-Gavaskar Series in Brisbane which India won to retain the trophy. I look back with pride at my international career as an umpire. 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, Oxenford said in an ICC statement.
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In case you somehow missed it, India have just pulled off one of their greatest series wins of all time to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, while Australia have been left licking their wounds and wondering just what happened.
After confidently taking a 1-0 lead in Adelaide, the Australians ultimately folded when the chips were down to lose the four-Test series 2-1.
With the dust beginning to settle, victory parties continuing to rage across India and Australian mobs howling down Tim Paine and the domestic team, here’s a quick A to Z guide of what just happened.
BRISBANE: A pair of unlikely third-day batting heroes Sunday gave India a fighting chance of securing the draw they need in the fourth Test against Australia to retain the Border-Gavaskar.
SYDNEY: A courageous and injury-wracked India pulled off a remarkable draw in a tense third Test against Australia Monday as they survived against the hosts’ much-vaunted bowling attack to.