Billy Doctrove

Billy Doctrove

Doctrove in August 2008
Personal information
Full name	Billy Raymond Doctrove
Born	(1955-07-03) 3 July 1955 (age 61) Marigot, Dominica
Nickname	Toshack
Role	Umpire
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	38 (2000–2012)
ODIs umpired	112 (1998–2012)
T20Is umpired	17 (2007–2010)
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 June 2010

Billy Raymond Doctrove (born 3 July 1955 in Marigot, Dominica) is a former international football referee, but is best known as an international cricket umpire.

During his time as a referee Doctrove took charge of several international matches, including a World Cup qualifier between Guyana and Grenada in 1996. Despite retiring from international refereeing in 1997 he is still a keen follower of world and English football, supporting Liverpool F.C. and being nicknamed Toshack, after the ex-Liverpool striker. He is also President of the Dominican Football Referees Association, and President of the Windward Islands Cricket Umpires Association.

After retiring from football refereeing in 1997 Doctrove was able to concentrate more on his career as a first-class umpire. In April 1998 the West Indies Cricket Board appointed Doctrove to his first One Day International (ODI), the match between West Indies and England at Kingstown, St. Vincent. In that match he stood alongside Steve Bucknor.

He was appointed to his first test match, the third test between West Indies and Pakistan at the Antigua Recreation Ground, in May 2000.

In 2002 he became a member of the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires. He stood on that panel for four years during which time he umpired a large number of ODIs and the occasional test. The highlights of his time on the International Panel were an appointment to the 2004 Champions Trophy, and the U19 World Cup in Sri Lanka in early 2006, where he stood in the final. In April 2006 he was promoted to the Emirates ICC Elite Umpire Panel. Doctrove was appointed to the final of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies.