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Ian Robinson, perhaps Zimbabwe's longest-serving cricket umpire with 33 years of officiating under his belt (including 28 Test matches, 90 one-day internationals and three World Cup tournaments), has announced his retirement from the ICC's International Panel. Robinson was appointed the ICC's Regional Performance Manager for the Africa region back in June, and has now decided to quit umpiring in order to concentrate on his new post:

"Following my appointment as an ICC Regional Umpires Performance Manager, it has become clear that I will not be able to continue as a member of the ICC International Panel. It is, therefore, with regret and enormous pride, that I am closing this chapter of my cricket life, so as to be fully effective in my new role."

The ICC's Umpires' and Referees' manager Vince van der Bijl paid tribute to Robinson's long years of service:

"Ian has given a huge part of his life to cricket and, in particular, to umpiring the game so his on-field influence will be missed by players, spectators and other match officials. It is great, though, that Ian will still be heavily involved in the game and I have no doubt that his knowledge and enthusiasm will help to develop and nurture the next generation of top-level umpires from Africa."

All the best to Ian in his new role.
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