Paul Ronald Reiffel is a former Australian cricket

Cricket

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er who played in 35 Tests

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 and 92 ODIs from 1992 to 1999. He was part of Australia's victorious 1999 World Cup

1999 Cricket World Cup

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 team. After retirement he became a First Class cricket umpire

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Playing career

Reiffel's career best bowling figures of 6-71 came at Edgbaston

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 in 1993. Throughout his career he took 104 wickets at 26.96 in 35 Tests, taking 5 or more wicket

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s in an innings five times. An accurate bowler whose main attacking weapon was seam bowling

Seam bowling

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, Reiffel was a more than handy batsman. While limited in his shotmaking ability, he had a solid defence. Reiffel was a Victorian

Victorian Bushrangers

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 cricket captain who was notorious for declaring the Victoria innings closed in 2001 with Michael Klinger

Michael Klinger

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 on 99 not out.

Umpiring career

Reiffel made his first class umpiring debut in the 2004/2005 season after first umpiring in Melbourne grade cricket in 2002. Reiffel joined the Cricket Australia

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 National Umpire's Panel in the 2005/2006 season. He later became a member of the International Cricket Council

International Cricket Council

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 International Panel of Umpires and Referees

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 and made his international on-field umpiring debut in a One Day International match between Australia and New Zealand on 6 February, 2009.

Family

Reiffel's father, Ron Reiffel

Ron Reiffel

Ron Reiffel is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League .Reiffel made three appearances for Richmond in both the 1951 and 1952 league seasons....

, played for the Richmond Football Club

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. His grandfather, Lou Reiffel

Lou Reiffel

Lou Reiffel was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....

, was also an Australian rules football

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er and played for both Melbourne

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 and South Melbourne

Sydney Swans

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