Ian Howell

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Ian Howell
country = South Africa
fullname = Ian Lester Howell
living = true
dayofbirth = 20
monthofbirth = 5
yearofbirth = 1958
placeofbirth = Port Elizabeth, Cape Province
countryofbirth = South Africa
batting = Left-handed
bowling = Left-arm medium
role = Umpire
club1 = Border
year1 = 1984 – 1998
club2 = Eastern Province
year2 = 1981 – 1984
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 7 November
debutyear1 = 1981
debutfor1 =
Eastern Province B
debutagainst1 = Border
lastdate1 = 26 February
lastyear1 = 1998
lastfor1 = Border
lastagainst1 = Northerns
type2 = List A
debutdate2 = 21 November
debutyear2 = 1981
debutfor2 =
Eastern Province
debutagainst2 = Boland
lastdate2 = 3 January
lastyear2 = 1998
lastfor2 = Border
lastagainst2 = Gauteng
umpire = true
testsumpired = 9
umptestdubutyr = 2001
umptestlastyr = present
odisumpired = 61
umpodidebutyr = 2000
umpodilastyr = present
deliveries = balls
columns = 2
column1 = FC
matches1 = 119
runs1 = 3767
bat avg1 = 26.90
100s/50s1 = 5/13
top score1 = 115*
deliveries1 = 22567
wickets1 = 243
bowl avg1 = 35.74
fivefor1 = 5
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 6/38
catches/stumpings1 = 69/–
column2 = LA
matches2 = 124
runs2 = 1083
bat avg2 = 15.25
100s/50s2 = 0/3
top score2 = 64*
deliveries2 = 5997
wickets2 = 87
bowl avg2 = 42.57
fivefor2 = 0
tenfor2 = n/a
best bowling2 = 3/23
catches/stumpings2 = 31/–
date = 9 September
year = 2007
source = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/45454.html Cricinfo

Ian Lester Howell (born May 20, 1958 in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa) is a South African cricket umpire. As a player he played first-class cricket for Border and Eastern Province in South Africa. A left-hand batsman and a left-arm medium bowler he played 119 first-class games scoring 3767 runs with 5 hundreds and 13 fifties and a batting average of 26.90. His top score was 115 not out. He took 243 first-class wickets with 5 five-wicket hauls with a best of 6/38 and a bowling average of 35.74.

International Umpiring Career

Howell has been a member of the International Cricket Council's panel of International Umpires since 2002. He is eligible to officiate in ODI's in South Africa as the home umpire, and as the TV umpire in Test matches. In December 2006 he replaced Mark Benson on-field during a Test match in Centurion when Benson was taken to hospital with heart palpitations, making him the first person to umpire in a Test match in his native country since the introduction of the Elite Panel of umpires in 2002. Howell is also regularly appointed by the ICC to stand in Test matches and ODI's away from South Africa to support the ICC Elite umpire panel at busy times in the cricket calendar. Howell was also appointed to the group stage of the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, and will be officiating in the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship which will take place in his native South Africa.

Umpiring Statistics

"Forthcoming Appointments"

None outstanding.