Personal information | |
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Full name | Rizwan Akram |
Born | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 26 September 1979
Role | Umpire |
Umpiring information | |
ODIs umpired | 12 (2018–2024) |
T20Is umpired | 53 (2018–2024) |
WODIs umpired | 1 (2023) |
WT20Is umpired | 18 (2021–2023) |
Source: Cricinfo, 21 August 2022 |
Rizwan Akram (born 26 September 1979) is a Dutch former cricketer and now an umpire. [1] In April 2018, he was appointed to the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Panel of Development Umpires. [2] He was one of the umpires for the 2018 Netherlands Tri-Nation Series. [3] On 12 June 2018, he made his Twenty20 International (T20I) umpiring debut, in a match between the Netherlands and Ireland. [4] On 1 August 2018, he stood in his first One Day International (ODI) match, when the visiting Nepal and the Netherlands played in Amstelveen. [5]
He was one of the on-field umpires for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies. [6] He had umpired in 45 ODIs and T20Is by August 2021.
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