The veteran cricket umpire Steve Bucknor, who was at the centre of the bitter and controversial Test series between Australia and India last year, will retire next month.
The 63-year-old Jamaican has stood in a record 126 Tests and over 170 one-day internationals, but his last engagement will be the third Test between South Africa and Australia in Cape Town next month.
Bucknor was dumped by the ICC, and replaced by New Zealand's Billy Bowden, after Indian complaints over his performance in the second Test in Sydney last year which was won by Australia.
Australia's Andrew Symonds was incorrectly given not out on 30 before going on to making an unbeaten 162 before India's Rahul Dravid was wrongly given out when he was battling to save the Test.
Bucknor says he feels he could go for another two or three years but says something inside of him is telling him it's time to go.
