Stephen James Davis (born 9 April 1952) is a former Australian Test cricket match umpire, from

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. He was appointed to the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires in April 2008.

Umpiring career

Davis' first Test match was between

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and

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on 27 November to 1 December 1997, a rain-affected match in which the last two New Zealand batsman held on to deny victory to Australia. Since 2002 both umpires in Test matches have been appointed from non-participating nations, by the

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. This resulted in his last Test match involving Australia to be against New Zealand at Hobart on 22 November to 26 November 2001, another rain-affected draw. Davis suffered a knee injury and was replaced after the second day by local umpire

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. Davis officiated in 3 matches in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, which led to his promotion to the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires in 2008. On 3 March 2009, Davis was one of the officials caught in the attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team by terrorists in

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. On 9 March 2011 Davis umpired in his 100th one day international when standing at the World Cup group game between India and Netherlands at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi. He was selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the

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. In May 2015, Davis announced his retirement following the conclusion of the ODI series between England and New Zealand. On 17 June 2015 he stood in his last match, England vs. New Zealand at

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International umpiring statistics

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Umpiring career

International umpiring statistics

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