"Simon Taufel-An Outstanding Career"

Simon Taufel will skip from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires after the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, which which is until October 7, to take up the new role of Umpire Performance and Training Manager, the ICC sources said on Wednesday.
He made his international debut in January 1999 in an ODI between Australia in Sri Lanka in Sydney and 23 months later he made his Test debut in the Boxing Day Test between Australia and the West Indies.
Taufel umpired in 74 Tests and 174 ODIs with his last Test and ODI appearances being at Lord's a month ago in matches between England and South Africa.
Taufel have won the ICC Umpire of the Year award for five successive years from 2004 to 2008 and also had the honour of umpiring in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 final between India and Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.




He also stood in the finals of the ICC World Twenty20 2007 and 2009 in South Africa and England respectively, as well as in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2004 in England along with Rudi Koertzen.
Simon has been one of the most respected umpires for over a decade due to his excellent decision-making and man-management skills.