Nigel Llong

Nigel Llong
Personal information
Full name Nigel James Llong
Born (1969-02-11) 11 February 1969
Ashford, Kent, England
Batting style Left-handed batsman
Bowling style Right arm off break
Role All-rounder, Umpire
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1989–1999 Kent
2000 Norfolk
First-class debut 20 June 1990 Kent v Cambridge University
Last First-class 3 August 1998 Kent v Derbyshire
List A debut 23 July 1989 Kent v Middlesex
Last List A 16 May 2000 Norfolk v Dorset
Umpiring information
Tests umpired 43 (2008–2017)
ODIs umpired 112 (2006–2017)
T20Is umpired 32 (2005–2016)
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 68 136
Runs scored 3024 2302
Batting average 31.17 25.29
100s/50s 6/16 2/8
Top score 130 123
Balls bowled 2273 1317
Wickets 35 40
Bowling average 35.97 30.25
5 wickets in innings 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 –
Best bowling 5/21 4/24
Catches/stumpings 59/– 41/–
Source: CricketArchive, 14 July 2017

Nigel James Llong (born 11 February 1969) is an English cricket umpire and former first-class cricketer. He is currently a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and officiates in international matches - Tests, ODIs and T20Is. Earlier, he had played English domestic cricket during the 1990s with Kent.

Playing career

He made his first-class cricket debut for Kent in 1990 and won his county cap in 1993. His playing style was unusual in that he batted left-handed but bowled right-handed off spin. He also played club cricket at Greenpoint CC in Cape Town during the early 1990s.

Umpiring career

Llong officiated in his maiden first class match in June 2000. Llong was appointed to the ECB's panel of first class umpires in 2002. In 2004 he became a member of the ICC International umpire panel as a specialist third umpire, and in 2006 he became a full member of the International Panel. As with all members of the ICC International umpire panel, Llong is eligible to serve as the home umpire in ODIs in England, and can also be appointed by the ICC to stand in ODIs and Test matches away from England as a neutral official.

The highlights of Llong's career so far include his appointment to the final of the 2004 Twenty20 Cup. His first ODI, which took place at Lord's, was between England and Sri Lanka in June 2006. His first overseas appointment was the ODI between Pakistan and West Indies at Lahore in December 2006. Llong umpired his first Test match in January 2008, between New Zealand and Bangladesh at Dunedin.

Llong was selected to be a reserve umpire for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, but was not called upon to officiate at any point in the tournament. He was appointed to stand in the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa in September 2007. He was selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the 2015 Cricket World Cup.[1]

International umpiring statistics

As of 14 July 2017:

First Latest Total
Tests  New Zealand v  Bangladesh at Dunedin, January 2008  Sri Lanka v  Zimbabwe at Colombo (RPS), July 2017 43
ODIs  England v  Sri Lanka at Lord's, June 2006  Sri Lanka v  Zimbabwe at Hambantota, July 2017 112
T20Is  England v  Australia at Southampton, June 2005  New Zealand v  Pakistan at Mohali, March 2016 32

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ICC announces match officials for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015". ICC Cricket. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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