Cricket-South African ex-umpire Koertzen dies in car accident

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Pakistan v Australia Second Test - Headingley Carnegie - 22/7/10 Umpire Rudi Koertzen Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Carl Recine

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Former international cricket umpire Rudi Koertzen died on Tuesday in a car accident in South Africa, his family said.

Koertzen, 73, was on the International Cricket Council’s elite panel of umpires for eight years and officiated in 331 matches, a record at the time of his retirement in 2010 that has since been surpassed by Pakistan’s Aleem Dar.