# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-bowden
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:45:24.252Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-bowden"
name: "Billy Bowden"
slug: "billy-bowden"
description: "Brent Fraser \"Billy\" Bowden is a New Zealand cricket umpire and former cricketer. He was a player until rheumatoid arthritis forced him to retire. He is well known for his dramatic signalling style which includes the famous \"crooked finger of doom\" out signal. On 6 February 2016, Bowden stood in his 200th One Day International match in the game between New Zealand and Australia in Wellington."
tagline: "New Zealand cricket umpire"
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birthDate: "1963-04-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump