Blocker Wilson promoted

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Paul Wilson, the former Test fast bowler, has been added to Cricket Australia's national umpires panel for 2010-11. The promotion of Wilson, 38, continues Australia's trend of encouraging former first-class players to join the umpiring ranks.

Rod Tucker, who captained Tasmania in the 1990s, has steadily progressed to international level and officiated in his first Tests earlier this year. The former Test seamer Paul Reiffel has also been a project umpire for Cricket Australia for several years and has now stood in three one-day internationals and four Twenty20 internationals.