A Paleker

Cricket umpire Active

  • 357 matches officiated
  • 2012–2026 on record
  • 66 grounds
  • 79 teams
  • #55 of 1,489 by experience

Career by year

01020304050602012: 1 as reserve20122013: 3 as on-field2013: 1 as reserve2014: 11 as on-field2014: 3 as tv umpire2014: 3 as reserve20142015: 2 as on-field2015: 1 as tv umpire2015: 1 as reserve2016: 19 as on-field2016: 2 as tv umpire2016: 6 as reserve20162017: 4 as on-field2017: 6 as reserve2018: 8 as on-field2018: 2 as tv umpire2018: 12 as reserve20182019: 23 as on-field2019: 5 as tv umpire2019: 8 as reserve2020: 7 as on-field2020: 4 as tv umpire2020: 5 as reserve20202021: 13 as on-field2021: 7 as tv umpire2021: 3 as reserve2022: 33 as on-field2022: 9 as tv umpire2022: 12 as reserve20222023: 25 as on-field2023: 11 as tv umpire2023: 10 as reserve2024: 18 as on-field2024: 5 as tv umpire2024: 4 as reserve20242025: 23 as on-field2025: 12 as tv umpire2025: 1 as reserve2026: 24 as on-field2026: 8 as tv umpire2026: 2 as reserve2026
  • On-field
  • TV umpire
  • Reserve

By format

Test23
ODI82
T20I111
T20141
Women's matches18

By role

On-field 213
TV umpire 69
Reserve 75

A match can appear under two roles — standing in one innings and sitting as third umpire is one match, counted once in the total above.

Decision reviews

  • 150reviews against his calls
  • 29upheld
  • 121overturned
  • 19%upheld rate

Counted from ball-by-ball records, which name the umpire whose decision was reviewed. This is not an accuracy rating. It covers only the decisions a side chose to challenge — a small and deliberately unrepresentative sample of the calls made in a match.

FormatReviewsUpheld
ODI 44 10 (23%)
T20 27 5 (19%)
T20I 37 4 (11%)
Test 42 10 (24%)

First and most recent

First on record Titans v KnightsT2019 Feb 2012SuperSport Park, Centurion
Most recent Zimbabwe v BangladeshODI11 Jul 2026Harare Sports Club

Stood with most often

Grounds

  • SuperSport Park, Centurion38
  • Kingsmead, Durban25
  • The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg23
  • Newlands, Cape Town16
  • Senwes Park, Potchefstroom14
  • St George's Park, Port Elizabeth13
  • Boland Park, Paarl12
  • Integrated Polytechnic Regional Centre12
  • Kerava National Cricket Ground12
  • Newlands12
  • Harare Sports Club11
  • New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg11

Teams

  • South Africa112
  • West Indies29
  • Titans29
  • Pakistan27
  • England27
  • Knights27
  • India25
  • Lions25
  • Dolphins24
  • Bangladesh22
  • Sri Lanka20
  • MI Cape Town19

Competitions

  • CSA T20 Challenge49
  • SA2039
  • Ram Slam T20 Challenge28
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Europe Qualifier21
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup19
  • India tour of South Africa19
  • Pakistan tour of South Africa17
  • Mzansi Super League17
  • Australia tour of South Africa13
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier13
  • England tour of South Africa12
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier12

Milestones

50th match Lions v Knights 9 Dec 2016
100th match South Africa v Pakistan 9 May 2019
200th match Titans v Dolphins 17 Oct 2022
300th match MI Cape Town v Sunrisers Eastern Cape 8 Feb 2025

Recent matches

DateMatch FormatRole
11 Jul 2026 Zimbabwe v Bangladesh Harare Sports Club ODI On-field
9 Jul 2026 Zimbabwe v Bangladesh Harare Sports Club ODI On-field
6 Jul 2026 Zimbabwe v Bangladesh Harare Sports Club ODI On-field
28 Jun 2026 Bangladesh v Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club Test On-field
3 Jun 2026 Sri Lanka v West Indies Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica ODI TV umpire
16 May 2026 Bangladesh v Pakistan Sylhet International Cricket Stadium Test On-field
8 May 2026 Bangladesh v Pakistan Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Test TV umpire
25 Apr 2026 Peshawar Zalmi v Lahore Qalandars Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore T20 On-field
23 Apr 2026 Lahore Qalandars v Karachi Kings Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore T20 On-field
22 Apr 2026 Karachi Kings v Peshawar Zalmi Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore T20 On-field
21 Apr 2026 Lahore Qalandars v Quetta Gladiators Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore T20 On-field
19 Apr 2026 Peshawar Zalmi v Quetta Gladiators National Stadium, Karachi T20 TV umpire
18 Apr 2026 Lahore Qalandars v Rawalpindiz National Stadium, Karachi T20 On-field
17 Apr 2026 Lahore Qalandars v Quetta Gladiators National Stadium, Karachi T20 On-field
8 Mar 2026 India v New Zealand Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad T20I TV umpire
5 Mar 2026 India v England Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai T20I On-field
28 Feb 2026 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Pallekele International Cricket Stadium T20I Reserve
25 Feb 2026 New Zealand v Sri Lanka R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo T20I On-field
18 Feb 2026 India v Netherlands Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad T20I On-field
16 Feb 2026 England v Italy Eden Gardens, Kolkata T20I TV umpire

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Questions

How many matches has A Paleker officiated?
A Paleker has officiated 357 recorded matches, between 2012 and 2026.
How many Test matches has A Paleker stood in?
A Paleker appears in 23 Tests on record.
How many ODIs has A Paleker stood in?
A Paleker appears in 82 ODIs on record.
How often are A Paleker's decisions upheld on review?
Of 150 player reviews recorded against his decisions, 29 were upheld -- 19 per cent. This counts only decisions a side chose to review, so it is not an overall accuracy figure.
Which ground has A Paleker officiated at most often?
SuperSport Park, Centurion, with 38 matches on record.

Other officials

Figures updated 17 Aug 2026.

Ball-by-ball records begin in 2002; matches before that are counted where an official record names the officials. A match with no officials recorded does not appear here.