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Express Tribune
02-05-2025
- Sport
- Express Tribune
Boon on verge of milestone as match referee
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has congratulated David Boon for a fine career as match referee, during which he officiated in close to 400 international matches after joining the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees in 2011. The 64-year-old Tasmanian's last match was the second Test between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in Chattogram and he now joins Cricket Australia as a Board Director. ICC Chair, Mr. Jay Shah, said: "On behalf of the International Cricket Council, I extend my gratitude to David Boon for his outstanding service as an ICC match referee. Over the years, he has combined his unparalleled experience as a world-class player with a remarkable level of patience and keen attention to detail." "Officiating international cricket poses many challenges, yet David's fair-minded judgments and thoughtful insights consistently earned the respect of players, support staff, and colleagues alike. His professionalism and integrity have set a benchmark for match officials across the sport. David Boon said: "It is with mixed emotions that I finish my time as a match referee with the ICC. It has been an incredible honor and pleasure to be a part of this journey spanning nearly 14 years. I am grateful for the opportunity including the challenges, the many cherished memories and friendships I've made along the way. "I feel privileged to have stayed so connected to our great game, witnessing international cricket from such close quarters. I hope that I leave having made a difference and contributed to officiating the world game. "I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to the ICC and Cricket Australia for their support over the years in this chapter of my involvement in the game.
NDTV
01-05-2025
- Sport
- NDTV
Found Ball Tampering And Security Issues Challenging: Just-Retired ICC Match Referee David Boon
Just-retired ICC match referee David Boon says ball tampering and security issues were the biggest challenges that he found "confronting" during his 14-year tenure in the position. Boon officiated in 87 Tests, 183 ODIs and 119 T20Is in the men's game and seven women's T20Is. The 64-year-old former Australia opener, who will join Cricket Australia (CA) as director to continue his long-standing association with the sport, looked back at the joys and challenges of officiating in international matches. "I think there are challenges that you have to meet everyday. You learn something everyday. I suppose there are certain things that are a bit more confronting, I found. "When I first started one of those (challenges) was ball tampering which I found very confronting... To basically accuse somebody of not doing the right thing," Boon said in a video shared by ICC on X. "And when there is a security and safety issue they were extremely challenging. One sadly here in Dhaka, Bangladesh and one in Christchurch, but you worked through it ... You take 10 deep breaths and off you go," Boon said, referring to Mosque attack in New Zealand in March 2019. Boon, whose involvement with competitive cricket began as a teenager in the 1978/79 season when he made his playing debut for Tasmania, ended his international career with 13,386 runs and 26 centuries across 12 years. Boon, who has served as national selector for 11 years from 2000 and oversaw a golden period for the men's team when it won two ICC World Cups and two Champions Trophy title, also shared his thoughts on the pace of the game and termed it a matter of concern. "I'm not sure about the over rates, whether we've got that right. Pace of play can be an issue," Boon said. "I'd hope from an administrative point of view we have a massive umbrella over cricket, and every nation looks at themselves as being under that umbrella form rather than their own little pieces of turf," Boon said. The just-concluded Test match between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh was Boon's last as match referee. "It is with mixed emotions that I finish my time as a match referee with the ICC. It has been an incredible honour and pleasure to be a part of this journey spanning nearly 14 years," Boon said. ICC chairperson Jay Shah paid tribute to Boon, who will now take up a position on Cricket Australia's Board. "On behalf of the International Cricket Council, I extend my gratitude to David Boon for his outstanding service as an ICC match referee," Shah said. "His professionalism and integrity have set a benchmark for match officials across the sport," Shah added. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Hindustan Times
01-05-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Found ball tampering and security issues challenging: Just-retired ICC match referee Boon
Dubai, Just-retired ICC match referee David Boon says ball tampering and security issues were the biggest challenges that he found "confronting" during his 14-year tenure in the position. Boon officiated in 87 Tests, 183 ODIs and 119 T20Is in the men's game and seven women's T20Is. The 64-year-old former Australia opener, who will join Cricket Australia as director to continue his long-standing association with the sport, looked back at the joys and challenges of officiating in international matches. "I think there are challenges that you have to meet everyday. You learn something everyday. I suppose there are certain things that are a bit more confronting, I found. "When I first started one of those was ball tampering which I found very confronting... To basically accuse somebody of not doing the right thing," Boon said in a video shared by ICC on X. "And when there is a security and safety issue they were extremely challenging. One sadly here in Dhaka, Bangladesh and one in Christchurch, but you worked through it ... You take 10 deep breaths and off you go," Boon said, referring to Mosque attack in New Zealand in March 2019. Boon, whose involvement with competitive cricket began as a teenager in the 1978/79 season when he made his playing debut for Tasmania, ended his international career with 13,386 runs and 26 centuries across 12 years. Boon, who has served as national selector for 11 years from 2000 and oversaw a golden period for the men's team when it won two ICC World Cups and two Champions Trophy title, also shared his thoughts on the pace of the game and termed it a matter of concern. "I'm not sure about the over rates, whether we've got that right. Pace of play can be an issue," Boon said. "I'd hope from an administrative point of view we have a massive umbrella over cricket, and every nation looks at themselves as being under that umbrella form rather than their own little pieces of turf," Boon said. The just-concluded Test match between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh was Boon's last as match referee. "It is with mixed emotions that I finish my time as a match referee with the ICC. It has been an incredible honour and pleasure to be a part of this journey spanning nearly 14 years," Boon said. ICC chairperson Jay Shah paid tribute to Boon, who will now take up a position on Cricket Australia's Board. "On behalf of the International Cricket Council, I extend my gratitude to David Boon for his outstanding service as an ICC match referee," Shah said. "His professionalism and integrity have set a benchmark for match officials across the sport," Shah added.
India Today
01-05-2025
- Sport
- India Today
David Boon retires as ICC match referee after remarkable 14-year stint
Australian cricket great David Boon has ended his 14-year stint as an international match referee, overseeing his final game during Bangladesh's emphatic Test victory over Zimbabwe in Chattogram on 64, officiated in 389 international matches-surpassing the length of his 12-year playing career for Australia, during which he amassed 13,386 runs, including 26 centuries. Among his career highlights were a double hundred against New Zealand in Perth in 1989 and three centuries in matches against the Black for his reliability at No. 3 in the batting order, Boon also served as a national selector for 11 years before moving into officiating. He will now join the board of Cricket Australia. ICC Chairperson Jay Shah praised Boon's contributions, noting his fairness, professionalism, and the respect he earned throughout the cricketing world."Over the years, he has combined his unparalleled experience as a world-class player with a remarkable level of patience and keen attention to detail.""Officiating international cricket poses many challenges, yet David's fair-minded judgments and thoughtful insights consistently earned the respect of players, support staff, and colleagues alike. His professionalism and integrity have set a benchmark for match officials across the sport.""It is with mixed emotions that I finish my time as a match referee with the ICC," Boon said in a statement. "It has been an incredible honour and pleasure to be a part of this journey spanning nearly 14 years. I am grateful for the opportunity, including the challenges, and the many cherished memories and friendships I've made along the feel privileged to have stayed so connected to our great game, witnessing international cricket from such close quarters. I hope that I leave having made a difference and contributed to officiating the world game. I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to the ICC and Cricket Australia for their support over the years in this chapter of my involvement in the game.""I'm not sure about the overrates, whether we've got that right." Pace of play can be an issue," Boon said."And I'd hope from an administrative point of view we have a massive umbrella over cricket, and every nation looks at themselves as being under that umbrella form rather than their own little pieces of turf."Boon admitted it was hard to describe his feelings as this chapter of his career ends."I think surreal is the best way to describe it," he said. "But I've been travelling the world for cricket in various roles as a player, an administrator, and a selector since I was 16 so it's time to go home."
Daily Mail
01-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Revealed: Why Aussie legend David Boon who famously drank 52 cans of beer on a flight to London is being hailed by the cricket world 26 years after he played his last game
An emotional David Boon has been saluted at the end of a distinguished career as an international cricket match referee that lasted even longer than his illustrious spell as one of Australia 's most beloved Test players. The still unmistakable figure of the stocky, lavishly moustachioed 'Boonie' finished overseeing the last of nearly 400 international matches in the Bangladesh city of Chattogram on Wednesday as the hosts beat Zimbabwe. And the departure of the 64-year-old, who's going on to join Cricket Australia as a Board Director, had the sport's world governing body, the International Cricket Council, raising a tinnie to the popular Tasmanian they believe has set the benchmark for all match officials. Boon himself declared after 14 impressive years in the role - two years more than he even served as a hugely successful international batter: 'I hope that I leave having made a difference and contributed to officiating the world game.' Still a much loved and respected figure among the new generation of players, such is the mythology that surrounded his days in the baggy green on and off the field, it's sometimes forgotten how Boon subsequently carved out such a quiet, authoritative 'second career' as a match ref. Those tales of his playing heyday - headed famously by the time he flew off to the 1989 Ashes and supposedly consumed a record 52 cans of beer on the flight - have always, Boon feels, more than a mite ruefully, been 'greatly embellished down the years'. What was absolute fact from that tour, though, was how he went on to average 55 through the series that Australia dominated - the sort of professionalism which then underpinned his officiating career after he'd scored 7422 Test runs and 5964 more in ODIs. Congratulating him on 'outstanding service', ICC Chair Jay Shah, said: 'Over the years, he has combined his unparalleled experience as a world-class player with a remarkable level of patience and keen attention to detail. 'David's fair-minded judgements and thoughtful insights consistently earned the respect of players, support staff, and colleagues alike. 'His professionalism and integrity have set a benchmark for match officials across the sport. 'We know that Australian cricket will benefit greatly from his expertise and vision.' Boon himself wanted to pay his own tribute to his wife Pip after a globetrotting career that saw him officiate at 396 international matches - 87 Tests, 183 ODIs and 119 T20Is in the men's game and seven Women's T20Is. 'It is with mixed emotions that I finish my time as a match referee with the ICC. It has been an incredible honour and pleasure to be a part of this journey spanning nearly 14 years,' he said. 'I am grateful for the opportunity including the challenges, the many cherished memories and friendships I've made along the way. 'I feel privileged to have stayed so connected to our great game, witnessing international cricket from such close quarters. 'I extend my thanks to all the umpires I have worked with and my fellow referees for being such fantastic colleagues and, more notably, great people. 'Most importantly and critically, the strength, support and encouragement of my family, especially my wife Pip, cannot be measured along with those close friends at home who care during times of absence. 'I will stay associated with the game in my new role as a Board Director of Cricket Australia and hopefully I can continue to make a positive contribution to the game.'
