Rod Tucker

Personal information

Full name

Rodney James Tucker

Born

28 August 1964 (age 52)
Auburn, New South Wales, Australia

Batting style

Left-handed batsman

Bowling style

Right-arm fast-medium

Role

All-rounder, Umpire

Relations

Darren Tucker (brother)

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1986–1988

New South Wales

1988–1999

Tasmania

1999–2000

Canberra

Umpiring information

Tests umpired

53 (2010–2017)

ODIs umpired

64 (2009–2015)

T20Is umpired

35 (2009–2016)

Career statistics

Competition	First-class	List A
Matches	103	65
Runs scored	5,076	1,255
Batting average	36.25	24.13
100s/50s	7/28	0/7
Top score	165	85
Balls bowled	10,050	2,492
Wickets	123	69
Bowling average	41.40	28.72
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	4/56	4/30
Catches/stumpings	69/–	20/–

Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 25 March 2017

Rodney James Tucker (born 28 August 1964) is an Australian cricket umpire, member of the ICC Elite Umpire Panel and officiates in international Tests, ODIs and T20Is. He was a cricketer who played briefly for New South Wales from 1985/86 to 1987/88, before moving to Tasmania where he played from 1987/88 to 1998/99. He was also vice-captain of Tasmania from 1991/92 until 1995/96. He briefly played as Captain/Coach for the Canberra Comets in the 1999/00 season before retiring from cricket as a player.

A left-handed batsman, Tucker scored 5,076 first-class runs at an average of 36.25, and took 123 first class wickets at an average of 41.40, bowling right arm medium. He played in Tasmania's sides that were runners-up in the Sheffield Shield in 1993-94 and 1997-98.

After his playing career, Tucker took to umpiring. He was appointed to the ICC International Panel of Umpires in 2008 and was quickly promoted to the ICC Elite Umpire Panel in 2010. He was selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Tucker stood in the 1st semi-final of the tournament played between South Africa and New Zealand on 24 March 2015 at Auckland. He stood in the final of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20. On 2 January 2017, he stood in his 50th Test, when umpiring the second Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka at Newlands Cricket Ground.

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