Nigel Llong

Nigel Llong
Personal information
Full name	Nigel James Llong
Born	11 February 1969 (age 55); Ashford, Kent, England
Batting	Left-handed batsman
Bowling	Right arm off break
Role	All-rounder, Umpire
Domestic team information
1989–1999	Kent
2000	Norfolk
First-class debut	20 June 1990 Kent v Cambridge University
Last First-class	3 August 1998 Kent v Derbyshire
List A debut	23 July 1989 Kent v Middlesex
Last List A	16 May 2000 Norfolk v Dorset
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	39 (2008–2016)
ODIs umpired	106 (2006–2016)
Career statistics
	Source: CricketArchive, 24 November 2016

Nigel James Llong (born 11 February 1969) is an English cricket umpire and former first-class cricketer. He is currently a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and officiates in international matches - Tests, ODIs and T20Is. Earlier, he had played English domestic cricket during the 1990s with Kent.

Playing career

He made his first-class cricket debut in 1990 and won his county cap in 1993. He was a left hand bat and off spin bowler. He also played club cricket at Greenpoint CC in Cape Town during the early 1990s.

Umpiring career

Llong officiated in his maiden first class match in June 2000. Llong was appointed to the ECB's panel of first class umpires in 2002. In 2004 he became a member of the ICC International umpire panel as a specialist third umpire, and in 2006 he became a full member of the International Panel. As with all members of the ICC International umpire panel, Llong is eligible to serve as the home umpire in ODIs in England, and can also be appointed by the ICC to stand in ODIs and Test matches away from England as a neutral official.

The highlights of Llong's career so far include his appointment to the final of the 2004 Twenty20 Cup. His first ODI, which took place at Lord's, was between England and Sri Lanka in June 2006. His first overseas appointment was the ODI between Pakistan and West Indies at Lahore in December 2006. Llong umpired his first Test match in January 2008, between New Zealand and Bangladesh at Dunedin.

Llong was selected to be a reserve umpire for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, but was not called upon to officiate at any point in the tournament. He was appointed to stand in the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa in September 2007. He was selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the 2015 Cricket World Cup.^[1]

International umpiring statistics

As of 24 November 2016:

	First	Latest	Total
Tests	New Zealand v Bangladesh at Dunedin, January 2008	Australia v South Africa at Adelaide, November 2016	39
ODIs	England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, June 2006	South Africa v Australia at Port Elizabeth, October 2016	106
T20Is	England v Australia at Southampton, June 2005	New Zealand v Pakistan at Mohali, March 2016	32