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Roland Black
Personal information
Full name
Roland Black
Born(1971-07-22)22 July 1971(age 53)
Derry,Northern Ireland
Umpiringinformation
ODIsumpired31 (2016–2024)
T20Isumpired37 (2016–2024)
WODIsumpired5 (2018–2024)
WT20Isumpired17 (2016–2023)
Source:Cricinfo,22 June 2023

Roland Black(born 22 July 1971) is a Northern Irishcricket umpire.[1]He has been an umpire since 2006.[2]His name was added toICC Associate and Affiliate Umpires Panelin 2016.[3][4][5][6]

On 14 July 2016, he stood in his firstOne Day International(ODI) match, betweenIreland 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 firstTwenty20 Internationalmatch, betweenIreland and Hong Kong.[9]

On 30 May 2017, he was one of the two on-field umpires for the2017 Inter-Provincial Championshipmatch betweenNorthern KnightsandNorth West Warriors.[10]This was the maidenfirst-classmatch in theInter-Provincial Championship.[10]

In April 2019, he was one of four umpires awarded a full-time season contract byCricket 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 the2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifiertournament in the United Arab Emirates.[12]In January 2020, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires for the2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cuptournament in South Africa.[13]In January 2022, he was named as one of the on-field umpires for the2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cupin 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 theEngland and Wales Cricket Board(ECB).[16]

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References

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  1. ^"Ireland well represented at ICC Regional Conference for Umpires".Cricket Ireland.Retrieved22 January2019.
  2. ^"Black to umpire at WCQ".Cricket Europe.Retrieved26 September2019.
  3. ^"Roland Black".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved19 May2014.
  4. ^Ireland, Cricket."Irish Umpires Named on ICC Panel - Cricket Ireland".Retrieved6 September2016.
  5. ^Ireland, Cricket."Eight Irish Umpires Named on new ICC Panels - Cricket Ireland".Retrieved6 September2016.
  6. ^"ICC Associate and Affiliate International Umpires Panel - Match Officials - ICC Cricket".Archived fromthe originalon 2 June 2016.Retrieved6 September2016.
  7. ^"Afghanistan tour of Scotland, Ireland and Netherlands, 3rd ODI: Ireland v Afghanistan at Belfast, Jul 14, 2016".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved14 July2016.
  8. ^"Afghanistan tour of Scotland, Ireland and Netherlands, 1st ODI: Ireland v Afghanistan at Belfast, Jul 10, 2016".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved14 July2016.
  9. ^"1st T20I: Ireland v Hong Kong at Bready, Sep 5, 2016".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved5 September2016.
  10. ^ab"Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship, North-West Warriors v Northern Knights at Eglinton, May 30-Jun 1, 2017".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved30 May2017.
  11. ^"First-ever full-time umpire season contracts, increased women umpires on Panels".Cricket Ireland.Retrieved11 April2019.
  12. ^"Match Officials announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019".International Cricket Council.Retrieved10 October2019.
  13. ^"Match officials named for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup".International Cricket Council.Retrieved8 January2020.
  14. ^"Match officials named for ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup".International Cricket Council.Retrieved11 January2022.
  15. ^"Black to umpire India versus England final".Cricket Europe.Retrieved7 February2022.
  16. ^"Irish umpire Roland Black to stand in English matches as part of exchange".Cricket Ireland.Retrieved3 May2022.
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