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Ian Gould

Ian Gould
Personal information
Full name Ian James Gould
Born (1957-08-19) 19 August 1957 (age 59)
Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England
Nickname Gunner
Batting style Left-handed batsman
Role Wicket-keeper, Umpire
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 69) 15 January 1983 v New Zealand
Last ODI 22 June 1983 v India
Domestic team information
Years Team
1975–1980, 1996 Middlesex
1981–1990 Sussex
1980 Auckland
Umpiring information
Tests umpired 58 (2008–2016)
ODIs umpired 114 (2006–2016)
T20Is umpired 37 (2006–2016)
Career statistics
Competition ODIs FC LA
Matches 18 298 315
Runs scored 155 8756 4377
Batting average 12.91 26.05 19.11
100s/50s 0/0 4/47 0/20
Top score 42 128 88
Balls bowled 478 20
Wickets 7 1
Bowling average 52.14 16.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/10 1/0
Catches/stumpings 15/3 536/67 242/37
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 26 December 2016

Ian James Gould (born 19 August 1957) is an ICC Elite Panel cricket umpire and an English former cricketer. He previously also served as the chairman of English football club Burnham FC.

Gould represented Middlesex (1975–1980 and 1996), Sussex (1981–1991) and Auckland in 1979/80 as a left-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper. He captained Sussex in 1987. He returned to Middlesex as a county coach between 1991 and 2000.

Gould toured the West Indies with the England Young Cricketers in 1976. He played 18 One Day Internationals for England in 1983 including that year's World Cup as a wicketkeeper/batsman. Wicket keeper Bob Taylor represented England in Test matches during 1983.

Gould also played cricket in Devon, where he represented Budleigh Salterton and Exmouth but struggled to find form on the slower wickets in the South West.

Elsewhere, his son Michael Gould has played cricket for Sussex Second XI.

As an umpire, Gould was appointed to stand in 3 matches of the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean. He umpired his first Test match – South Africa v Bangladesh at Bloemfontein, 19–22 November 2008. Gould was promoted to the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires in 2009.He stood in the high voltage India vs Pakistan semi-final at Mohali in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He was selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the 2015 Cricket World Cup. He stood in his 100th ODI match during the World Cup, for the Australia v Sri Lanka game in Pool A. He stood in his 50th Test when he umpired the match between West Indies and India at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua from 21–25 July 2016.


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