Top 10 Highest Paid Umpires In Cricket
Jul 31, 2019 at 5:12 PM
Top 10 Highest Paid Umpires In Cricket; We often dig out the net worth of the players and their wages in the game of cricket. Amidst all the eyes on those centrally contracted and franchise players, we always forget about the other human beings on the field.
Yeah, the umpiring team. They too work hard under the sun and also put under the pump for quite a few issues. Meanwhile, we figured out the yearly income of top 10 umpires in the game of cricket. You would be tempted to leave your current job and get the umpire role once you look at the numbers. Check it out…
Top 10 Highest Paid Umpires In Cricket:
10. Richard Kettleborough:
Richard Kettleborough was a left-hand top-order batsman and occasional seamer, who played for Yorkshire. However, after leaving the game, he was added to the ECB list of umpires. He made his international umpiring debut in the Twenty20 between England and Australia at Old Trafford in 2009 and was in the panel of 18 umpires for the World Cup in India in 2011.
Later the same year, he was promoted to the ICC’s Elite Panel and, 38 at the time, was the youngest man in the group. In 2013, just two years after getting into the Elite Panel, Kettleborough won the ICC’s Umpire of the Year award.
His earnings are $35,000 Per year. He gets $3000 from Test format of the game, $1000 for a T20I Game and $2200 for ODI match.
9. Richard Illingworth:
Yet another Yorkshire kid makes into the chart. Richard Illingworth played 9 Tests and 25 ODIs with only modest success to show for. He called curtains on his career in 2006 and started to pursue his career in umpiring. Richard was appointed to the full list of first-class umpires for the 2006 season.
He joined ICC’s elite umpire panel in 2013. His earnings are $35,000 Per year. He gets $3000 from Test format of the game, $1000 for a T20I Game and $2200 for ODI match.
8. Marais Erasmus:
Erasmus is also very good at umpiring. He played a lot of first-class cricket for South Africa. Erasmus never let the intensity of the game get better of him. He was one of the best all-rounders during his times as well.
Recently, he stood in the final of the ICC World Cup 2019 as well. Amidst the high-pressure, Erasmus was calm in assisting Kumar Dharamasena during crunch moments of the game.
The South African earnings are $35,000 Per year. He gets $3000 from Test format of the game, $1000 for a T20I Game and $2200 for ODI match.
7. Kumar Dharmasena:
With a fairly successful career behind him, Dharmasena spun another tale for himself in his second innings – once again on the field. This time as the umpire. He started off in 2009 in an ODI against India and soon moved up the ladder rather quickly to the Elite Panel of ICC umpires in 2011. More validation for his meteoric growth came a year later when he was awarded the David Shepherd award for being the umpire of the Year, 2012.
Nevertheless, he continues to remain one of the tops draws at any ICC event and has by far become the best umpire Sri Lanka has ever produced. There were a few cons as well.
His earnings are $35,000 Per year. He gets $3000 from Test format of the game, $1000 for a T20I Game and $2200 for ODI match.
6. Ian Gould:
His earnings are $35,000 Per year. He gets $3000 from Test format of the game, $1000 for a T20I Game and $2200 for ODI match.
5. Bruce Oxenford:
Australian Umpire Bruce Oxenfordis the propagator of a potentially revolutionary protective equipment for umpires. During the game between Gujarat Lions and Royal Challengers Bangalore, he was seen wearing an arm protector shaped like a semi-circle near his fist.
His earnings are $35,000 Per year. He gets $3000 from Test format of the game, $1000 for a T20I Game and $2200 for ODI match.
4. Paul Reiffel:
Born in Victoria, Reiffel was the First-class legend with over 500 scalps to his name. Right from his domestic debut in 1987-88, he had been consistent which eventually landed him a national call up in 1992 across both formats.
After his stint as a player, he turned to the umpire and has been in the elite panel of the ICC as well. Quite similar to his playing days, he’s been a no-nonsense person during his umpiring as well.
Coming to his earnings, he gets $3000 for each Test match while $1000 for a T20I game and $2200 for one ODI game. In total, he earns $45,000 per year.
3. Nigel Llong:
After his cricketing career, he started a new profession by joining the English first-class panel in 2002. By 2004 he was officiating as the third official in internationals, and in 2005 he stood in the first Twenty20 international in England. In 2006 he was added to the ECB’s list of international officials.
Recently, he was on the headlines for losing cool after having a chat with the Indian skipper Virat Kohli, who was leading Royal Challengers Bangalore at that time.
Coming to his earnings, he gets $3000 for each Test match while $1000 for a T20I game and $2200 for one ODI game. In total, he earns $45,000 per year.
2. Billy Bowden:
Billy Bowden had a promising career as a fast bowler in his 20s when he was affected by Rheumatoid Arthritis which ended his playing career. Bowden turned to umpire in an effort to be involved with the game he so dearly loved. The pain caused by arthritis was too severe for Bowden to lift his index finger raised above the head, and this led to the “crooked finger of doom” which is now popular all over the cricketing world.
Bowden’s signals vary with the formats. He is more orthodox in Tests, a little enthusiastic in ODIs and at his flamboyant best in T20 games. Coming to his earnings, he gets $3000 for each Test match while $1000 for a T20I game and $2200 for one ODI game. In total, he earns $45,000 per year.
1. Aleem Dar:
Aleem is also a very high-quality umpire in ICC’s panel. He has a unique style of nodding his head before raising his finger up for giving leg-before decisions. He also commits very few mistakes. However, there was a section of people, who felt that Dar is bit biased umpire as well.
It was not to anyone’s surprise when, six months later after taking the umpire role, he was promoted to the ICC’s elite panel. Since then he has earned a reputation as one of the best, and with Simon Taufel he represents the pick of the younger officials
Coming to his earnings, he gets $3000 for each Test match while $1000 for a T20I game and $2200 for one ODI game. In total, he earns $45,000 per year.