Related Research Articles
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the global governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from Australia, England, and South Africa. It was renamed as the International Cricket Conference in 1965 and adopted its current name in 1987. The ICC has its headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Aleem Dar PP is a Pakistani cricket umpire and former first-class cricketer. He has been a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires. Dar won the David Shepherd Trophy three years in a row from 2009 to 2011, after being nominated twice in 2005 and 2006. Aleem Dar, Marais Erasmus, Richard Kettleborough, Kumar Dharmasena and Simon Taufel were the only umpires to have received the award from its inception until 2017. Before becoming an umpire, Dar played first-class cricket as a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler for Allied Bank, Gujranwala, Lahore and Pakistan Railways teams.
The Oman men's national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Oman in international matches and is governed by Oman Cricket, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2000, and gained associate status in 2014. The national side has played matches at the Twenty20 International level. On 24 April 2019, Oman achieved One-Day International status for the first time until 2023, after they beat tournament hosts Namibia by four wickets in 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two.
Christopher Blair Gaffaney is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago. He became an umpire after retiring as a player. A right-handed batsman, he played in 83 first-class and 113 List A matches. Gaffaney is currently a member of the ICC Elite umpire panel and officiates in Tests, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals.
Nigel James Llong is an English cricket umpire and former first-class cricketer. Until June 2020, he was a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and officiated in international matches - Tests, ODIs and T20Is. Earlier, he had played English domestic cricket during the 1990s with Kent County Cricket Club.
Paul Kerr Baldwin is an English cricket umpire. He was born in Epsom in Surrey.
Shaun George was a South African former cricketer who later became an international umpire. He was part of Cricket South Africa's umpire panel for first-class matches.
Sanjay Sukhanand Hazare is an Indian former cricketer and umpire.
Ian Ramage is a cricket umpire from Scotland. He stood in his first One Day International (ODI) match on 24 August 2008, between Ireland and Kenya in Belfast. His Twenty20 International (T20I) umpiring debut match was on 24 July 2012, between Bangladesh and Scotland in The Hague.
Sameer Bandekar is an Indian cricket umpire who currently represents the United States. The first international match that Bandekar officiated in was a women's One Day International (ODI) in 1997. He stood in his first men's ODI match in 2002. He later emigrated to the United States, and was elected to the ICC Associates and Affiliates Umpire Panel in 2015. He stood in matches in the 2015 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One tournament. He umpired in his first men's Twenty20 International (T20I) on 22 December 2021, between United States and Ireland.
Mark Hawthorne is a Northern Irish cricket umpire. He stood in his first One Day International (ODI), between Ireland and Pakistan, on 28 May 2011. His Twenty20 International (T20I) umpiring debut was in a fixture between the Netherlands and Canada in the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, on 13 March 2012.
Nigel Duguid is a West Indian cricket umpire. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) umpiring debut in a match between the West Indies and Ireland on 21 February 2014. He officiated in his first One Day International (ODI) match between the West Indies and England on 5 March 2017.
Akbar Ali is an Indian-born international cricket umpire based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He stood in his first Twenty20 International (T20I) match, between Ireland and the UAE, on 16 February 2016. He was one of the eight umpires for the 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament. He officiated in his first One Day International (ODI) match, between Scotland and Hong Kong, on 22 January 2017. By June 2023, he had officiated in 40 T20Is and 38 ODIs, including 15 women's ODIs.
Roland Black is a Northern Irish cricket umpire. He has been an umpire since 2006. His name was added to ICC Associate and Affiliate Umpires Panel in 2016.
Alan James Neill is a Northern Irish cricket umpire. Neill serves as a member of the ICC Associate and Affiliate Panel of Umpires representing Ireland.
Pim van Liemt is a Dutch cricket umpire and former cricketer, who serves as a member of the ICC Associate and Affiliate International Umpires Panel. He was shortlisted as the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond Umpire of the Year in 2014, and won the award in 2015. He umpired in the 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, and the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier.
Ahmed Shah Durrani is a cricket umpire from Afghanistan. He officiated in his first Twenty20 International (T20I) match, between the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan, on 14 December 2016. His first One Day International (ODI) match as an umpire was between Afghanistan and Ireland on 17 March 2017. As of March 2023, he had officiated in 7 ODIs and 14 T20Is.
Izatullah Safi is a cricket umpire from Afghanistan, who has officiated in Afghanistan's domestic matches and several international matches. He stood in his first One Day International (ODI) match, between Afghanistan and Ireland, on 7 December 2017. His Twenty20 International (T20I) umpiring debut, on 6 February 2018, was in a match between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe.
Paul Reynolds was an English cricket umpire representing Ireland. In November 2016, he was named the Official of the Year at the Cricket Ireland Awards. In June 2018, he was appointed to the International Panel of Umpires and Referees.
David McLean is a Scottish advocate and cricket umpire. He is a member of the Development Panel of ICC Umpires. McLean played as a wicket-keeper in local domestic cricket in Scotland, becoming an umpire in 2014. He stood in his first One Day International (ODI) match, between Scotland and Sri Lanka, on 21 May 2019. He stood in his first Twenty20 International (T20I) match, between Scotland and the Netherlands, on 16 September 2019.
References
- ↑ "Richard Smith". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
 | This biographical article related to Irish cricket is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |