Rudi Koertzen, a former umpire, died in a car accident. During the accident, three more people were kill in a head-on collision.
Rudi Koertzen, a former South African umpire and member of the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires. Died in a car accident on August 9, Tuesday, at the age of 73. During the accident, three more people were kill in a head-on collision. From December 1992 to July 2010, he officiated in 108 Tests, 209 One-Day Internationals, 14 Twenty20 Internationals, and one World Twenty20 International.
Rudi Koertzen Jr, Koertzen’s son, said his fathes in Cape Town for a golf tournament with friends and would return on Monday. Koertzen is the third most senior umpire in history.
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Rudi Koertzen was a founding member of the ICC Elite Panel.
For the first time in international cricket, TV replays were use to make run-out decisions in his first ODI as an umpire. He was well-known for signaling out with a slow raise of the finger, which became known as “the slow finger of death.”
Koertzen joined the International Cricket Council (ICC) as a full-time umpire in 1997 and later became a member of the Elite Panel when it formed in 2002. He was only the second umpire after England’s David Shepherd in 2006 to stand in 150 ODIs and the second umpire after Bucknor in 2009 to stand in 100 Tests.
Koertzen was frequently selected for major matches such as India vs. Pakistan and Australia vs. England in the Ashes, among many others. He presided over a World Cup semifinal and final. He also served as the third umpire in 20 Tests, 41 One-Day Internationals, and five Twenty20 Internationals. In addition, Koertzen officiated 28 first-class matches, 59 List-A matches, and 74 T20s on the domestic circuit. He is also the second most experienced umpire in ODIs, and the second most experienced across all formats.
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