Top 10 Umpires who have officiated in most ODIs

2. Billy Bowden- 195:

New Zealand’s Billy Bowden was a player until he began to suffer from rheumatoid arthritis and took up umpiring. He is well known for his dramatic signalling style which includes ‘crooked finger of doom’ out signal. In March 1995, he officiated in his first ODI between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Hamilton. In 2002, he was included in the Emirates Panel of International Umpires.

A year later he was asked to umpire at the Cricket World Cup in South Africa and was chosen to be the fourth umpire in the final between Australia and India. He was soon promoted to the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, of which he was a member till 2013. Suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, it was too painful for Bowden to signal a batsman out in the conventional fashion. There was a suggestion that he needs to do the signals in the way he does because of his arthritis, as he needs to keep his body fluid.