Roland Black

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.^[3][4][5][6]

Roland Black

Personal information
Full name	Roland Black
Born	(1971-07-22) 22 July 1971 (age 52) Derry, Northern Ireland
Umpiring information
ODIs umpired	25 (2016–2023)
T20Is umpired	36 (2016–2024)
WODIs umpired	3 (2018–2023)
WT20Is umpired	16 (2016–2023)
Source: Cricinfo, 22 June 2023

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 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).^[16]

See also

• List of One Day International cricket umpires
• List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires

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. . 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.
14. "Match officials named for ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
15. "Black to umpire India versus England final". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
16. "Irish umpire Roland Black to stand in English matches as part of exchange". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 3 May 2022.