Billy Doctrove

Billy Doctrove is looking back on his first 12 months as a member of the ICC's elite panel of umpires as a year of achievement

Umpire Billy Doctrove has said that he is relieved to be back into the international fold, after the controversial Oval Test in September

Billy Doctrove insists he has no problems with being omitted from the list of umpires who will officiate at the Champions Trophy in India

Billy Doctrove, the 'other' umpire at the centre of Pakistan's forfeited Test match at The Oval, has been omitted from next week's ICC Champions Trophy in India, along with his elite panel colleague, Darrell Hair

Osman Samiuddin takes a look at the men and the issues behind the Code of Conduct hearing at The Oval

Cricinfo has learnt that there was an initial disagreement between Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove about the timing of the ball change during the Oval Test in August

From being an almost fringe player in the whole controversy, Billy Doctrove, Darrell Hair's umpiring partner in final Test at The Oval, has emerged as the key figure in the disciplinary hearing that Inzamam-ul-Haq will face on September 15

Two days after The Oval fiasco Malcolm Speed, the ICC chief executive, has said the conclusion to the fourth Test was "hugely regrettable"

Simon Taufel, who is regarded as the world's best umpire, believes Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove had to "follow the letter of the law" and abandon the fourth Test between England and Pakistan at The Oval

Throughout their umpiring careers, Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove have been involved in a number of controversies. Cricinfo looks back at the moments that have put the two umpires in the limelight