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{{short description|Cricket umpire}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Bruce Oxenford
| image =
| country = Australia
| fullname = Bruce Nicholas James Oxenford
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|3|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Southport, Queensland|Southport]], [[Queensland]], Australia
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = [[Leg break]] and [[googly]]
| role = [[Bowling (cricket)|Bowler]]
| family =
| umpire = true
| testsumpired = 62
| umptestdebutyr = 2008
| umptestlastyr = 2021
| odisumpired = 97
| umpodidebutyr = 2007
| umpodilastyr = 2020
| t20isumpired = 20
| umpt20idebutyr = 2006
| umpt20ilastyr = 2016
| wtestsumpired = 1
| umpwtestdebutyr = 2003
| umpwtestlastyr =
| wodisumpired = 11
| umpwodidebutyr = 2006
| umpwodilastyr = 2022
| wt20isumpired = 15
| umpwt20idebutyr = 2012
| umpwt20ilastyr = 2022
| club1 = [[Queensland cricket team|Queensland]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1991/92–1992/93}}
| type1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| debutdate1 = 13 December
| debutyear1 = 1991
| debutfor1 = Queensland
| debutagainst1 = [[Victoria cricket team|Victoria]]
| lastdate1 = 8 January
| lastyear1 = 1993
| lastfor1 = Queensland
| lastagainst1 = [[South Australia cricket team|South Australia]]
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 8
| runs1 = 112
| bat avg1 = 12.44
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 37
| deliveries1 = 1,487
| wickets1 = 18
| bowl avg1 = 55.72
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 5/91
| catches/stumpings1 = 11/–
| date = 6 February 2022
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvnz/content/player/7029.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Bruce Nicholas James Oxenford''' (born 5 March 1960) is a former Australian [[Umpire (cricket)|cricket umpire]] and a former [[cricket]]er. He has been an ICC international umpire since 2008, when he first umpired an ODI match. He went on to stand in his first Test match in 2010. On 26 September 2012, he was promoted to the [[ICC Elite Umpire Panel]], the highest umpiring body in the game of cricket, replacing his fellow Australian [[Simon Taufel]], who retired from the panel to take up a newly created ICC supervisory and training position.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/584040.html Taufel to retire after World Twenty20]. ESPNcricinfo (26 September 2012).</ref>

In January 2021, Oxenford retired from international umpiring, but would still officiate in domestic matches in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/umpire-bruce-oxenford-calls-time-on-15-year-international-career-1249458 |title=Umpire Bruce Oxenford calls time on 15-year international career |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref>

==Playing career==
Oxenford played in eight [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches for [[Queensland cricket team|Queensland]] during the 1991/92 and 1992/93 seasons.<ref name=cricinfoprofile>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvnz/content/player/7029.html |title=Players – Bruce Oxenford |work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=10 May 2011}}</ref>

==Umpiring career==
Oxenford began umpiring in 1998 and went on to make his first-class umpiring debut in 2001. He was appointed to [[Cricket Australia]]'s 12-man National Umpire Panel in 2003 and in 2007–08 was appointed to ICC International Panel of Umpires in the [[third umpire]] category.<ref name=cricinfoprofile/><ref name=foxsports>{{cite news |title=Ex-players make better umps |first=Robert |last=Craddock |url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/ex-players-make-better-umps/story-e6frf3g3-1111115530422 |newspaper=Fox Sports |date=12 February 2008 |access-date=10 May 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.cricketworld.com/cricket-australia-2007-8-umpire-panels-announced/12282.htm Cricket Australia 2007–08 Umpire Panels announced]. cricketworld.com (12 July 2007)</ref>

His first Test match was in December 2010 between [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] and [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] at [[Pallekele International Cricket Stadium|Pallekele]].<ref name=cricinfoprofile/><ref name=cricketarchiveprofile>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11379/11379.html|title=Bruce Oxenford |work=Cricket Archive|access-date=10 May 2011}}</ref> He was elevated to the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires in 2012. He was selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the [[2015 Cricket World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2014/media-releases/83319/icc-announces-match-officials-for-icc-cricket-world-cup-2015|title= ICC announces match officials for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015|publisher= ICC Cricket|date= 2 December 2014|access-date= 12 February 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150330201852/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2014/media-releases/83319/icc-announces-match-officials-for-icc-cricket-world-cup-2015#|archive-date= 30 March 2015|url-status= dead}}</ref>

On 30 August 2018, he officiated in his 50th Test as an on-field umpire, in the match between [[Indian cricket team in England in 2018#4th Test|England and India]].<ref name="Oxenford50">{{cite web|url=https://www.qldcricket.com.au/news/oxenford-to-stand-in-50th-test/2018-08-27 |title=Oxenford to stand in 50th Test |work=Queensland Cricket |access-date=30 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/837031 |title=Oxenford completes half-century of Tests |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=30 August 2018}}</ref>

In April 2019, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires to stand in matches during the [[2019 Cricket World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1198051 |title=Match officials for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 announced |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=26 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1182149.html |title=Umpire Ian Gould to retire after World Cup |work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=26 April 2019}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Test cricket umpires]]
* [[List of One Day International cricket umpires]]
* [[List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Elite Panel of ICC Umpires}}

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