ICC World T20 2012: Simon Taufel to quit umpiring after world cup

Colombo, Sep 26, 2012 Simon Taufel will step down from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires after the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, which runs until October 7, to take up the new role of Umpire Performance and Training Manager, the ICC on Wednesday. The 41-year-old from Australian made his international debut in January 1999 in an ODI between Australia in Sri Lanka in Sydney and 23 months later he made his Test debut in the Boxing Day Test between Australia and the West Indies. In an outstanding career, Taufel umpired in 74 Tests and 174 ODIs with his last Test...