Ex-umpire Koertzen dies in car crash
Rudi Koertzen, a well-known cricket umpire, was involved in a car crash.
Former South African umpire Rudi Koertzen and three other people were killed in a head-on collision in Riversdale, Western Cape, on Tuesday.
The 73-year-old, who lived in Despatch, was on his way back home from Cape Town after a golf weekend.
His son, Rudi Koertzen Jnr told Algoa FM News that his father died on impact.
“He went on a golf tournament with some of his friends, and they were expected to come back on Monday, but it seems they decided to play another round of golf,” Koertzen Jnr said.
The Proteas were wearing black armbands during their match against the England Lions on Tuesday in honour of Koertzen, who umpired in 108 Tests, 209 ODIs and 14 T20Is from 1992 to 2010, earning the nickname ‘Slow Death’ because of the way he gave batsmen out.
RIP Rudi Koertzen, the slow finger of doom. Some of the best umpiring aesthetics I’ve seen pic.twitter.com/XAqTSfDqS0
— Tom Carpenter (@Carpo34) August 9, 2022
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