Langton Rusere (born 7 July 1985) is a Zimbabwean cricket

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. He stood in his first

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match, between Zimbabwe and India, on 19 July 2015. He officiated in his first

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match when Zimbabwe played Afghanistan on 24 October 2015.

Career

He was one of the seventeen on-field umpires for the

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. On 17 March 2018 at the

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, along with

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, he was one of the on-field umpires during the ninth-place playoff match between

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and

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. The fixture at Old Hararians in

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became the 4,000th ODI match to be played. He was one of the twelve on-field umpires for the

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. Along with Shaun George, he was appointed as one of the on-field umpires for the tournament's final. He was the first Zimbabwean umpire to stand in the final of a major international cricket tournament. In February 2020, the ICC named him as one of the umpires for the

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in Australia. In April 2021, in the

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series between Zimbabwe and Pakistan, Rusere became the first black African umpire to stand in a Test match. He was one of the 16 umpires to officiate at the

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in Oman and UAE. In February 2022, he was named as one of the on-field umpires for the

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in New Zealand. In October 2022, ICC included him in the 20 match officials officiating

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in Australia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rusere, Langton 1985 births Living people Zimbabwean Test cricket umpires Zimbabwean One Day International cricket umpires Zimbabwean Twenty20 International cricket umpires Sportspeople from Masvingo

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