After retiring from football refereeing in 1997, Doctrove was able to concentrate more on his career as a first-class umpire. In April 1998, the
West Indies Cricket Board appointed Doctrove to his first
One Day International (ODI), a fixture between West Indies and England at Kingstown, St. Vincent.
Steve Bucknor was the other on-field umpire in the match. He was appointed to his first
test match, the third test between West Indies and Pakistan at the
Antigua Recreation Ground, in May 2000. In 2002, he became a member of the
International Panel of ICC Umpires. He stood on that panel for four years during which time he umpired over 100 ODIs and the occasional test. The highlights of his time on the International Panel were an appointment to the
2004 Champions Trophy, and the
U19 World Cup in Sri Lanka in early 2006, where he stood in the final. In April 2006 he was promoted to the
Elite Panel of ICC Umpires. Doctrove was appointed to the final of the
2010 ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies.
England vs Pakistan fourth test On 20 August 2006, the fourth day of the fourth test between
England and
Pakistan at
The Oval, he and fellow umpire
Darrell Hair ruled that the Pakistani team had been involved in ball tampering. They awarded five
penalty runs to England and offered them a replacement ball. Play continued until the tea break, but the Pakistani players refused to take the field thereafter in protest. When the Pakistan team refused to return to the field the umpires removed the bails and declared England winners by forfeiture. The Pakistani team did take to the field 26 minutes later, but Hair and Doctrove refused to continue the game stating that the game had already ended with a Pakistani forfeiture the moment the bails were removed. ==Retirement from professional umpiring==