Rod Tucker

Rod Tucker

Personal information
Full name	Rodney James Tucker
Born	(1964-08-28) 28 August 1964 Auburn, New South Wales, Australia
Batting style	Left-handed batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm medium pacer
Role	All-rounder, Umpire
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1986–1988	New South Wales
1988–1999	Tasmania
1999–2000	Canberra
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	40 (2010–2015)
ODIs umpired	64 (2009–2015)
T20Is umpired	23 (2009–2014)
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 103 65 Runs scored 5076 1255 Batting average 36.25 24.13 100s/50s 7/28 0/7 Top score 165 85 Balls bowled 10050 2492 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: CricketArchive, 30 December 2015

Rodney James Tucker (born 28 August 1964) is an Australian cricket umpire and 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 player.

Playing career

A versatile left-handed batsman, Tucker scored 5076 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.

Umpiring career

After his playing career, Tucker turned 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.

Umpiring statistics

As of 18 January 2016 :

	First	Latest	Total
Tests	New Zealand v Bangladesh at Hamilton, February 2010	South Africa v England at Johannesburg, January 2016	41
ODIs	Australia v South Africa at Hobart, January 2009	Sri Lanka v West Indies at Colombo, November 2015	64
T20Is	Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, January 2009	Sri Lanka v West Indies at Mirpur, April 2014	23

See also

• List of Test cricket umpires
• List of One Day International cricket umpires
• List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires

External links

• Cricinfo Profile

Preceded by Dirk Wellham	Tasmanian First-class cricket captains 1991/92-94/95	Succeeded by Jamie Cox
Preceded by Dirk Wellham	Tasmanian One-day cricket captains 1992/93-95/96	Succeeded by Jamie Cox