Bruce Oxenford
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| Bruce Oxenford | ||||
 Australia |
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Bruce Nicholas James Oxenford | |||
| Born | 5 March 1960 | |||
| South Point, Queensland, Australia | ||||
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| IT20s umpired | 2 (2006–present) | |||
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As of 1 February 2008 |
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Bruce Nicholas James Oxenford (born 5 March 1960) is an Australian cricket umpire.[1] He was appointed to the 12-man National Umpire Panel in 2003 and in 2007-08 was named as Cricket Australia's ICC International third umpire.[2]
Oxenford played in several first-class matches for Queensland in the 1991/92 and 1992/93 seasons, and has umpired in two Twenty20 International matches between Australia and South Africa in January 2006 and Australia and India In February 2008.
Oxenford was involved in the infamous second test of the 2007-08 Australian summer.
Oxenford was criticized for his dubious 3rd Umpire decisions in the Controversial Sydney Test between India and Australia. Even in the second final between India & Australia (CB series 2008), his umpiring decisions were mired in controversy. [3]
