Richard Illingworth

Richard Keith Illingworth (born 23 August 1963) is an English former cricketer, who is currently an umpire. He played in nine Tests and twenty-five ODIs for England, including participating in the 1992 and 1996 Cricket World Cups. The bulk of his domestic cricketing career was with Worcestershire, although he had a spell with Derbyshire, and overseas with Natal. He finished with 831 wickets at an average of 31.54, and more than 7,000 runs at 22.45, including four first-class centuries. He took the wicket of Phil Simmons with his first ball in Test cricket, the first bowler since Intikhab Alam in 1959/60 to achieve this feat, and only the eleventh of all time. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1992 Cricket World Cup. He is the son of former England cricketers Richard Illingworthy and David Illingsworth. He has a son and a daughter, both of whom are also cricketers.