Richard Illingworth

Richard Illingworth

Personal information
Full name	Richard Keith Illingworth
Born	(1963-08-23) 23 August 1963 (age 53) Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling style	Slow left–arm orthodox
Role	Umpire, Bowler
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 551)	4 July 1991 v West Indies
Last Test	26 December 1995 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 113)	23 May 1991 v West Indies
Last ODI	9 March 1996 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1982–2000	Worcestershire
1988–1989	Natal
2001	Derbyshire
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	28 (2012–2017)
ODIs umpired	53 (2010–2017)
T20Is umpired	16 (2010–2016)
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA Matches 9 25 376 381 Runs scored 128 68 7027 1458 Batting average 18.28 11.33 22.45 14.87 100s/50s –/– –/– 4/21 –/1 Top score 28 14 120* 53* Balls bowled 1485 1501 65868 16918 Wickets 19 30 831 412 Bowling average 32.36 35.29 31.54 27.08 5 wickets in innings – – 27 2 10 wickets in match – n/a 6 n/a Best bowling 4/96 3/33 7/50 5/24 Catches/stumpings 5/– 8/– 161/– 93/–
Source: CricketArchive, 7 June 2017

Richard Keith Illingworth (born 23 August 1963) is an English former cricketer, who is currently a first-class cricket umpire. The bulk of his domestic cricketing career occurred with Worcestershire, although he had a spell with Derbyshire, and overseas with Natal. He played in nine Tests and twenty five ODIs for England, including participating in the 1992 and 1996 Cricket World Cups. Several web sites mistakenly report that he is Ray Illingworth's son, but the two are not related.

Playing mainly as a left-arm spinner, Illingworth made his first-class debut in 1982, promoted to the Worcestershire first team after just two Second XI appearances and taking 3–61 against Somerset. His figures that year were fairly modest; eighteen first-class wickets cost him over 45 apiece, and he bowled just eight overs in one-day cricket; but Worcestershire saw potential and persevered. By 1983, he was a first-team regular, taking forty eight first-class wickets, a figure he improved on (with 57) the following year. He did play one season (1988/89) in the South African Currie Cup for Natal, but otherwise played only English domestic cricket.

For most of his twenty-season county cricket career, Illingworth remained with Worcestershire, but after he failed to win a contract extension in 2000, the last two years of his time in the first-class game were spent with Derbyshire. He finished with 831 wickets at an average of 31.54, and more than 7,000 runs at 22.45, including four first-class centuries.