John Hastie (umpire)

John Blair Robert Hastie (born 8 November 1932) is a former New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in seven Test matches between 1974 and 1981 and four ODI games between 1975 and 1982.[1]

John Hastie
Personal information
Full name
John Blair Robert Hastie
Born (1932-11-08) 8 November 1932
Te Awamutu, New Zealand
Umpiring information
Tests umpired7 (1974–1981)
ODIs umpired4 (1975–1982)
Source: Cricinfo, 7 July 2013

Hastie umpired in two of the matches in one of the most acrimonious Test series of all, when the West Indians toured New Zealand in 1979–80. In the First Test at Carisbrook, Dunedin, after he turned down an appeal by Michael Holding for caught behind, Holding kicked two of the stumps out of the ground.[2] During this Test, Hastie and his colleague Fred Goodall gave a Test record number of leg before wicket decisions: 12 – seven against the West Indies batsmen, five against New Zealand. New Zealand won by one wicket.[3][4]

In all, Hastie umpired 48 first-class matches and 12 List A matches between January 1964 and March 1984, most of them at either Seddon Park, Hamilton, or Eden Park, Auckland.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. "John Hastie". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  2. Williamson, Martin. "Shoulder barges and flying stumps". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. "Cricket: Entertaining and frustrating series vs the Windies". NZ Herald. 10 February 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. "1st Test, Dunedin, February 8-13, 1980, West Indies tour of New Zealand". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  5. "John Hastie". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  6. "John Hastie as Umpire in List A Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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