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Full name Ian Lester Howell
Born May 20, 1958, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province
Current age 50 years 102 days
Major teams Border,Eastern Province
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm medium
Other Umpire
Relations Uncle - NV Howell,Uncle - HC Howell,Twin brother - DH Howell,Son - G Howell
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
Ct
St
First-class
119
186
46
3767
115*
26.90
5
13
69
0
List A
124
89
18
1083
64*
15.25
0
3
31
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
119
22567
8686
243
6/38
35.74
2.30
92.8
5
0
List A
124
5997
3704
87
3/23
3/23
42.57
3.70
68.9
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class span
1981/82 - 1997/98
List A span
1981/82 - 1997/98
Umpiring statistics
Test debut
South Africa v Sri Lanka at Cape Town, Jan 2-4, 2001 scorecard
Last Test
England v India at The Oval, Aug 9-13, 2007 scorecard
Test matches
9
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Jan 28, 2000 scorecard
Last ODI
South Africa v West Indies at Durban, Feb 1, 2008 scorecard
ODI matches
63
ODI statistics
T20I debut
South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Oct 21, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I
South Africa v West Indies at Port Elizabeth, Dec 16, 2007 scorecard
T20I matches
8
T20I statistics
Profile
In his playing days as a first-class cricketer for Border and Eastern Province, Ian Howell had some success as a bits-and-pieces allrounder, scoring 3767 runs in 119 matches at 26.90, and taking 243 first-class wickets at 35.74 with his left-arm medium pace. He qualified as an umpire after his playing career finished in 1998, and stood in his first international when Sri Lanka came to Cape Town in January 2001. However, it wasn't until 2005 that he became a regular fixture on the international circuit. In December 2006 he became the first umpire to officiate in his native country since the introduction of the elite panel in 2002, when Mark Benson withdrew from a Test in Centurion due to heart palpitations. A "not-outer" by instinct, Howell's reputation suffered during India's tour of England in 2007, when he was involved in a series of poor decisions.
Andrew Miller
