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Ex-Test ump Bucknor set for Bermuda visit

Steve Bucknor: The former Test umpire could be one of those flying in for the 24th biennial West Indies Cricket Umpires Association Convention to be held at Grotto Bay Hotel next month.

Retired Test umpire, Steve Bucknor, could be among those in attendance during the 24th biennial West Indies Cricket Umpires Association (WICUA) Convention to be hosted by Bermuda Cricket Umpires Association (BCUA) at Grotto Bay from June 1-5.

The 62-year old Jamaican, who has stood in the previous five World Cup finals, bowed out of international cricket in March of this year following the Windies' back-to-back ODIs against England at Kensington Oval.

The ICC elite panel umpire and former football referee began his international umpiring career in 1989 and went on to officiate in a record 128 Tests and 181 ODIs.

Bucknor's ascent in the international cricket arena was nothing short of meteoric as his appointment to the 1992 World Cup arrived after standing in four Test matches and a handful of ODIs.

In 2005 he became the first umpire to stand in 100 Test matches and only colleagues David Shepherd and Rudi Koertzen have umpired in more ODIs than Bucknor.

Also possibly on the way to Bermuda's shores is Dominican umpire, Billy Doctrove, who has stood in 53 Test matches and 83 ODIs and is currently officiating in the Indian Professional League (IPL) which concludes this week with the final to be held at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The upcoming four-day WICUA Convention will encompass various lectures, reviewal of the laws of the game, meetings to address any oustanding business in the region as well as the presentation of certificates to those who successfully completed last year's written and oral exams during the President's Banquet.

Bermuda last hosted the WICUA convention in 1993.

The WICUA is divided into four groups with Area One comprising of Bermuda, Jamaica, Canada, USA and Cayman Island.

Windward Islands make up Area Two, Leeward Island Area Three while Guyana, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago make up Area Four.