{"id":327651,"date":"2025-08-08T10:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T10:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/327651\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T10:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T10:39:10","slug":"triple-h-on-the-cricket-field-umpires-wwe-inspired-act-goes-viral-watch-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/327651\/","title":{"rendered":"Triple H on the cricket field? Umpire’s WWE-inspired act goes viral – WATCH | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Triple NEW DELHI: You say “Indian cricket funny umpiring images”, and Google won\u2019t take a blink of a second to lead you to the unique and humorous officiating style of Billy Bowden. The former New Zealand umpire became a fan favourite not just for his decision-making, but for the theatre he brought to the cricket field. Bowden was famously known for his trademark \u201ccrooked finger of doom\u201d when signalling a batter out \u2014 a gesture that became iconic and is still fondly remembered in the cricketing world.<\/p>\n

Inside The Oval: An Exclusive Tour of the Stadium Where India Played the Final Test<\/p>\n

From exaggerated six and four signals to quirky body movements and expressions, Bowden turned umpiring into an art form, often adding a dose of entertainment to even the most tense matches. Many cricket fans still regard him as the most entertaining umpire in the sport\u2019s history.Recently, a video has gone viral on social media showing an umpire seemingly trying to rival Bowden’s flair. <\/p>\n

Poll<\/p>\n

Which of Billy Bowden’s gestures do you remember the most?<\/p>\n

In the video, a bowler delivers an outrageously wide ball, prompting the on-field umpire to respond with a dramatic act \u2014 spreading his legs like a gymnast and imitating WWE<\/a> star Triple H<\/a> while signalling the wide. The antics have triggered waves of laughter online and brought back memories of Bowden\u2019s glory days.Billy Bowden’s umpiring career spanned over two decades. He officiated in 84 Test matches between 2000 and 2015, 200 ODIs from 1995 to 2016, and 24 T20 Internationals between 2005 and 2016. His experience wasn’t limited to men’s cricket \u2014 Bowden also stood in 1 Women\u2019s Test (1995), 21 Women\u2019s ODIs (1995\u20132021), and 25 Women\u2019s T20Is (2009\u20132020).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW DELHI: You say “Indian cricket funny umpiring images”, and Google won\u2019t take a blink of a second…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[118073,118069,1406,118070,79,14133,118072,16,118071,15,149],"class_list":{"0":"post-327651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-billy-bowden","9":"tag-billy-bowden-umpiring-style","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-indian-cricket-umpires","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-triple-h","14":"tag-triple-h-cricket","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-umpiring-in-cricket-history","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-wwe"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114992720384068916","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}