Roland Black

Roland Black (born 22 July 1971) is a Northern Irish cricket umpire.[1] He has been an umpire since 2006.[2] He was added to ICC Associate and Affiliate Umpires Panel in 2016.[3][4][5][6]

Roland Black
Personal information
Full nameRoland Black
Born (1971-07-22) 22 July 1971
Derry, Northern Ireland
Umpiring information
ODIs umpired14 (2016–2019)
T20Is umpired14 (2016–2019)
Source: Cricinfo, 29 October 2019

On 14 July 2016 he stood in his first One Day International (ODI) match, between Ireland and Afghanistan.[7] He was initially appointed to stand in the match between the two sides on 10 July, but the match was abandoned due to rain without a ball being bowled.[8] On 5 September 2016 he stood in his first Twenty20 International match, between Ireland and Hong Kong.[9]

On 30 May 2017, he was one of the two on-field umpires for the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship match between Northern Knights and North West Warriors.[10] This was the maiden first-class match in the Inter-Provincial Championship.[10]

In April 2019, he was one of four umpires to be awarded a full-time season contract by Cricket Ireland, the first time that Cricket Ireland have offered such contracts to umpires.[11] In October 2019, he was appointed as one of the twelve umpires to officiate matches in the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[12] In January 2020, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup tournament in South Africa.[13]

See also

References
  1. "Ireland well represented at ICC Regional Conference for Umpires". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. "Black to umpire at WCQ". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  3. "Roland Black". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  4. Ireland, Cricket. "Irish Umpires Named on ICC Panel - Cricket Ireland". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. Ireland, Cricket. "Eight Irish Umpires Named on new ICC Panels - Cricket Ireland". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  6. "ICC Associate and Affiliate International Umpires Panel - Match Officials - ICC Cricket". Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  7. "Afghanistan tour of Scotland, Ireland and Netherlands, 3rd ODI: Ireland v Afghanistan at Belfast, Jul 14, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  8. "Afghanistan tour of Scotland, Ireland and Netherlands, 1st ODI: Ireland v Afghanistan at Belfast, Jul 10, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  9. "1st T20I: Ireland v Hong Kong at Bready, Sep 5, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  10. "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship, North-West Warriors v Northern Knights at Eglinton, May 30-Jun 1, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  11. "First-ever full-time umpire season contracts, increased women umpires on Panels". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  12. "Match Officials announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  13. "Match officials named for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
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