4. Marais Erasmus (South Africa) – 66
The former South African bowler and lower middle-order batsman, Marais Erasmus began his umpiring career in 2002 for South Africa in the first-class games.
In a very short period, Marais Erasmus made it to his maiden international match. He officiated the T20I fixture between South Africa and Australia in 2006.
Erasmus was brought to the International Panel of ICC umpires in 2008 before he made his test debut.
He officiated the test match between India and Bangladesh in 2010 which embarked his test journey.
He was named as one of the eighteen umpires to take the field for the 2015 World Cup and one of sixteen umpires for the 2019 World Cup.
The South African umpire also won the David Shepherd Trophy for the ICC Umpire of the Year. He was the first South African to get the honour and overall fifth umpire.
In his 11 years umpiring career, Erasmus has taken the field 66 times as the umpire in a test match.
Top 5 Active ICC Umpires with Most number of Test Matches Officiated.
