Richard Allan Kettleborough who was born on 15th March 1973 is an English International Cricket Umpire. He is also a former first-class cricketer who appeared in 33 first-class matches for Yorkshire and Middlesex. He was a top-order batsman and medium-pace bowler. Today, we are going to know who is umpire Richard Kettleborough? Let’s have a look.
As per official news, Umpire Richard Kettleborough was given the wrong decision when Virat Kohli trying to make his 48th Century. Bangladeshi Bolwer Nasum was bowled pitching out the leg and the Umpire Didn’t give a wide ball and then social media meme makers took advantage and trolled him to make the wrong decision.
After all of this, Virat Kohli made his 48th Number Century. However, the Decision didn’t affect Bangladeshi Bowlers and he made his century by smashing long on six. But the Umpire’s Decision was wrong at that time. That’s why, He is in the news.
The humorous aspect of the situation was the sardonic smile umpire Richard Kettleborough showed after adjudging the ball non-wide. This infectious smile soon became the subject of many memes, which have now gone viral on social media. Some users even jokingly suggested that Richard should be awarded the prestigious Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award.
Who is Umpire Richard Kettleborough?
As an Umpire Richard Kettleborough made his debut in first-class cricket on April 2002. In August 2009, He was appointed as an Umpire Between England and Australia. Thereafter in November 2009, He was promoted to on filed status within the International. Thereafter, He made his Test Debut as an Umpire between Sri Lanka and West Indies at Galle in November 2010.
Currently, He is 50 years old. His height is 5 feet 10 inches, or 1.78 meters. There is no specific data about his personal life on the internet. But It may revealed soon after It’s limelight conditions. Whenever It’s disclosed, we will update you.
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