Umpire Simon Taufel

THE English umpire Mark Benson is understood to have retired from international cricket with immediate effect after withdrawing from the second day of the second Test match between Australia and the West Indies in Adelaide yesterday. The ICC said Benson, who has been on their elite panel since 2006, was too ill to stand, not just in this Test but for the rest of the series. But there are suggestions he was upset at his treatment on the first...  

London, Dec.8 (ANI): Former Test and ODI umpire Dickie Bird believes the new review system undermines the authority of the field umpires it is supposed to help. As the International Cricket Council last night tried to make contact with English umpire Mark Benson, who left the Adelaide Test amid reports he was upset at having [...]  

Melbourne, Dec 8 (IANS) After attributing umpire Mark Benson's mystifying absence from the Adelaide Test to ill-health, International Cricket Council (ICC) Tuesday also admitted the elite panel umpire failed to handle the "pressure" of his demanding job. Click here to read the complete Article  

Melbourne, Dec 8 (IANS) After attributing umpire Mark Benson’s mystifying absence from the Adelaide Test to ill-health, International Cricket Council (ICC) Tuesday also admitted the elite panel umpire failed to handle the “pressure” of his demanding job. Benson flew hurriedly to home back in England after standing on the first day of the second cricket Test [...]  

• Umpire says ill-health forced withdrawal• Overruling of his decisions not to blameThe English umpire Mark Benson will undergo a series of medical assessments before his future as one of the International Cricket Council's panel of elite umpires is decided.Benson broke his silence today as he attempted to challenge the belief that his retirement from the international panel is now inevitable after he walked out of the Adelaide Test between...  

Karachi, Nov.21 (ANI): International umpire of the year, Aleem Dar has backed the International Cricket Council’s  (ICC) controversial umpire referral system, saying it would help reduce pressure on the umpires on the field. Click here to read the complete Article  

Mohammad Asif will think the new system is a pig and umpire Simon Taufel will have mixed views, but the International Cricket Council is thrilled with the success of the new decision review system.  

Dubai, Dec 5 : The ICC has announced changes to the umpire appointments schedule for the second Test in the current series between Australia and the West Indies in Australia. Mark Benson of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires has withdrawn from ...  

Watch Pakistan vs New Zealand 2nd Test Live Streaming Online. Simon Taufel gave Brendon McCullum lbw off the penultimate ball in Dunedin, Pakistan appeared to have separated New Zealand's last reliable batsmen and won the day. McCullum, however, asked for a review and Taufel changed his decision after replays showed the ball hitting pad just outside off stump. It was a vital moment; one that Ross Taylor believed left the Test "evenly placed...