On 26 September 2012, he was promoted to the ICC Elite Umpire Panel, the highest umpiring body in the game of cricket, replacing fellow Australian Simon Taufel, who retired from the panel to take up a newly created ICC supervisory and training position.
[1] In January 2021, Oxenford retired from international umpiring, but would still officiate in domestic matches in Australia.
He was selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
[7] On 30 August 2018, he officiated in his 50th Test as an on-field umpire, in the match between England and India.
[8][9] In April 2019, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires to stand in matches during the 2019 Cricket World Cup.