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Cricket umpire
Roland Black
Full name Roland Black
Born (1971-07-22 ) 22 July 1971 (age 52)
Derry ,
Northern Ireland
ODIs umpired 25 (2016–2023)
T20Is umpired 36 (2016–2024)
WODIs umpired 3 (2018–2023)
WT20Is umpired 16 (2016–2023)
Roland Black (born 22 July 1971) is a Northern Irish
cricket umpire .
[1] He has been an umpire since 2006.
[2] His name was added to
ICC Associate and Affiliate Umpires Panel in 2016.
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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 .
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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 .
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In April 2019, he was one of four umpires awarded a full-time season contract by
Cricket Ireland , the first time that Cricket Ireland had offered such contracts to umpires.
[11] He was 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] In January 2022, he was named as one of the on-field umpires for the
2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.
[14] He was also one of the two on-field umpires for the final of the tournament.
[15] In May 2022, Black was part of an umpire exchange initiative with the
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
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See also
References
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"Ireland well represented at ICC Regional Conference for Umpires" . Cricket Ireland . Retrieved 22 January 2019 .
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"Black to umpire at WCQ" . Cricket Europe . Retrieved 26 September 2019 .
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"Roland Black" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 19 May 2014 .
^ Ireland, Cricket.
"Irish Umpires Named on ICC Panel - Cricket Ireland" . Retrieved 6 September 2016 .
^ Ireland, Cricket.
"Eight Irish Umpires Named on new ICC Panels - Cricket Ireland" . Retrieved 6 September 2016 .
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"ICC Associate and Affiliate International Umpires Panel - Match Officials - ICC Cricket" . Archived from
the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016 .
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"Afghanistan tour of Scotland, Ireland and Netherlands, 3rd ODI: Ireland v Afghanistan at Belfast, Jul 14, 2016" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 14 July 2016 .
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"Afghanistan tour of Scotland, Ireland and Netherlands, 1st ODI: Ireland v Afghanistan at Belfast, Jul 10, 2016" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 14 July 2016 .
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"1st T20I: Ireland v Hong Kong at Bready, Sep 5, 2016" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 5 September 2016 .
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"Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship, North-West Warriors v Northern Knights at Eglinton, May 30-Jun 1, 2017" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 30 May 2017 .
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"First-ever full-time umpire season contracts, increased women umpires on Panels" . Cricket Ireland . Retrieved 11 April 2019 .
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"Match Officials announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 10 October 2019 .
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"Match officials named for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 8 January 2020 .
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"Match officials named for ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 11 January 2022 .
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"Black to umpire India versus England final" . Cricket Europe . Retrieved 7 February 2022 .
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"Irish umpire Roland Black to stand in English matches as part of exchange" . Cricket Ireland . Retrieved 3 May 2022 .