Adrian Holdstock
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adrian Thomas Holdstock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 April 1970 Cape Town, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Umpire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989/90–1992/93 | Western Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993/94–1995/96 | Boland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Umpiring information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tests umpired | 12 (2020–2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODIs umpired | 59 (2013–2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20Is umpired | 55 (2011–2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WODIs umpired | 17 (2009–2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WT20Is umpired | 7 (2009–2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: Cricinfo, 24 November 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adrian Holdstock (born 27 April 1970) is a South African cricket umpire and former cricketer who now serves as an ICC international cricket umpire.[1] He is part of Cricket South Africa's umpire panel for first-class matches.[2]
Career
[edit]Holdstock played for Western Province between 1989 and 1993 before playing for Boland from 1993 to 1995.[3] After retiring as a cricketer, Holdstock took up umpiring. He made his list A umpiring debut in 2006 and his first class debut in 2007.[4][5]
In 2011, Holdstock made his international Twenty20 debut.[6] He umpired in three One Day International games in 2013.[7] In January 2020, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup tournament in South Africa.[8]
On 26 December 2020, Holdstock stood in his first Test match as an umpire, in the first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka.[9]
He was selected as one of the match officials for 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[10] In March 2023, Holdstock and Ahsan Raza from Pakistan were inducted into the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires after Aleem Dar left the panel.[11][12]
He was one of the sixteen match officials for 2023 Cricket World Cup.[13][14]
See also
[edit]- List of Test cricket umpires
- List of One Day International cricket umpires
- List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires
References
[edit]- ^ "CSA promotes seven umpires to Reserve List Panel". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Agenbag and Fritz break new ground for SA Cricket". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Adrian Holdstock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ "Adrian Holdstock as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ "Adrian Holdstock as Umpire in List A Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ "Holdstock makes debut". Sports24. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ "Adrian Holdstock". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ^ "Match officials named for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "South Africa vs Sri Lanka Test series: Marais Erasmus and Adrian Holdstock appointed as on-field umpires". Inside Sport. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ "20-strong contingent of match officials announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Adrian Holdstock, Ahsan Raza join ICC Elite Panel of Umpires as Aleem Dar steps down". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "Aleem Dar ends 19-year old career as Elite Panel Umpire". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "Match officials for the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 named". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ "ICC announce Match Officials for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
