Former Castleford player Kettleborough brings up century of Tests
Castleford CC Hall of Fame member Richard Kettleborough has become a record breaker as an umpire.
Kettleborough, who successfully played for Castleford in the 1990s and played at county level with Yorkshire and Middlesex, took up umpiring in 2002 and has gone on to be one of the most respect in the world.
He has now become the first English umpire to stand in 100 Test matches.
He achieved the feat when officiating at the recent third Test between South Africa and Australia and is only the fifth in history to officiate 100 men’s Tests as an on-field umpire.
Kettleborough has won the ICC Umpire of the Year award three times.
He was first added to the list of first-class umpires by the ECB in 2006 and his first international match as an umpire was a T20 match between England and Australia.
In 2009 he was included on the ICC's full international panel before being was added to the ICC's elite umpire's list in 2011.
As a player he was a top order batsman and medium-pace bowler fondly remembered at Castleford, who have congratulated him on his century feat.