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Full name David Lynton Orchard
Born June 24, 1948, Pietermaritzberg, Natal
Current age 60 years 31 days
Major teams Natal
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Other Umpire
Relations Father - KR Orchard,Uncle - EA Orchard,Son - J Orchard
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
Ct
St
First-class
43
73
6
1634
110*
24.38
2
10
21
0
List A
5
4
0
38
15
9.50
0
0
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
43
1364
47
7/90
29.02
1
0
List A
5
282
178
7
3/24
3/24
25.42
3.78
40.2
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class span
1967/68 - 1978/79
List A span
1969/70 - 1971/72
Umpiring statistics
Test debut
South Africa v England at Durban, Dec 14-18, 1995 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (SSC), Mar 24-28, 2004 scorecard
Test matches
44
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Durban, Dec 2, 1994 scorecard
Last ODI
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo, Mar 6, 2004 scorecard
ODI matches
107
ODI statistics
Profile
Wisden Overview Stockily built with reassuringly rounded features and a wispy white beard, Dave Orchard is the second-most experienced Test umpire in South Africa, behind his elite-panel colleague, Rudi Koertzen. Quite apart from his physical presence, Orchard's respect stems from a successful first-class career as an allrounder for Natal in the 1960s and 1970s, and an instinctive feel for the game that puts players at ease, even if his blunt manner can sometimes rub people up the wrong way, as Maurice Odumbe, Kenya's captain, found to his cost. During a one-day match in Kimberley in 2001-02, Odumbe declared that Orchard was "not friendly", and was promptly landed with a two-match suspension for dissent. Although umpires, like wicketkeepers, are best remembered for their mistakes, Orchard's gaffes have been particularly noteworthy. In his very first Test - South Africa v England at Cape Town in 1995-96 - he first failed to give Graham Thorpe out when a direct hit shattered his stumps, but then compounded the error by bowing to pressure from Hansie Cronje - via the hoots of derision from the hospitality boxes - and calling for a belated replay. And during the NatWest Series in England in 2002, he managed to miss the opening overs of one match, after assuming that it was a day-night affair. Andrew Miller
