Steve Randell

Who is Steve Randell?

Stephen Grant Randell, is a former Australian Test cricket match umpire, the first to come from Tasmania.

His cricket and professional careers ended when he was convicted in August 1999 of 15 separate counts of sexual assault against nine schoolgirls between 1981 and 1982. He was sentenced to four years jail with a two year minimum and was released on parole in May 2002.

He umpired 36 Test matches between 1984 and 1998 the highest number by an Australian umpire to that time.. His first match was between Australia and the West Indies at Melbourne on 22 December to 27 December 1984, a drawn match with Australia holding on in the final innings, thanks to a determined century by Andrew Hilditch to deny the West Indies a 12th consecutive Test victory. Randell’s partner was Peter McConnell.

In 1994 the International Cricket Council introduced a policy of appointing one umpire to each Test match from a non-participating country. Ten of Randell’s matches were played outside Australia, and did not involve Australia.