GA Abood

Cricket umpire Active

  • 285 matches officiated
  • 2007–2026 on record
  • 33 grounds
  • 22 teams
  • #83 of 1,539 by experience

Career by year

01020302007: 1 as reserve20072008: 2 as reserve2009: 3 as reserve20092010: 2 as reserve2011: 3 as on-field20112012: 4 as on-field2012: 3 as tv umpire2012: 3 as reserve2013: 2 as on-field2013: 3 as tv umpire20132014: 10 as on-field2014: 3 as tv umpire2014: 3 as reserve2015: 7 as on-field2015: 3 as tv umpire2015: 2 as reserve20152016: 7 as on-field2016: 4 as tv umpire2016: 3 as reserve2017: 10 as on-field2017: 3 as tv umpire20172018: 15 as on-field2018: 4 as tv umpire2018: 4 as reserve2019: 18 as on-field2019: 2 as tv umpire2019: 2 as reserve20192020: 14 as on-field2020: 3 as tv umpire2020: 5 as reserve2021: 21 as on-field2021: 7 as tv umpire2021: 1 as reserve20212022: 21 as on-field2022: 2 as tv umpire2022: 3 as reserve2023: 18 as on-field2023: 3 as tv umpire2023: 1 as reserve20232024: 20 as on-field2024: 1 as tv umpire2024: 2 as reserve2025: 16 as on-field2025: 5 as tv umpire2025: 4 as reserve20252026: 9 as on-field2026: 2 as tv umpire2026: 1 as reserve2026
  • On-field
  • TV umpire
  • Reserve

By format

Test10
ODI19
T20I34
First-class39
List A18
T20165
Women's matches13

By role

On-field 195
TV umpire 48
Reserve 42

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

  • 20reviews against his calls
  • 3upheld
  • 17overturned
  • 15%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 2 1 (50%)
T20 14 2 (14%)
T20I 4 0 (0%)

First and most recent

First on record Australia v New ZealandODI16 Dec 2007Sydney Cricket Ground
Most recent New South Wales v Western AustraliaFirst-class14 Mar 2026Cricket Central, Sydney

Stood with most often

Grounds

  • Sydney Cricket Ground53
  • Adelaide Oval26
  • Melbourne Cricket Ground24
  • Sydney Showground Stadium18
  • Perth Stadium16
  • Bellerive Oval, Hobart15
  • Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane14
  • Docklands Stadium14
  • Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth13
  • Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba11
  • Bellerive Oval9
  • Docklands Stadium, Melbourne8

Teams

  • Australia63
  • Sydney Sixers54
  • Sydney Thunder47
  • Melbourne Stars46
  • Perth Scorchers42
  • Brisbane Heat39
  • Melbourne Renegades36
  • Adelaide Strikers34
  • Hobart Hurricanes32
  • New South Wales26
  • Western Australia26
  • India24

Competitions

  • Big Bash League165
  • Sheffield Shield36
  • India tour of Australia15
  • The Marsh Cup11
  • One-Day Cup (Australia)7
  • Sri Lanka tour of Australia5
  • Pakistan Women in Australia T20I Series4
  • Commonwealth Bank Series4
  • Marsh Sheffield Shield3
  • Pakistan tour of Australia3
  • South Africa tour of Australia3
  • Trans-Tasman Twenty20 Trophy3

Milestones

50th match Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Stars18 Dec 2015
100th match India v Australia6 Dec 2018
200th match Sydney Thunder v Adelaide Strikers20 Dec 2022

Recent matches

DateMatch FormatRole
14 Mar 2026 New South Wales v Western AustraliaCricket Central, Sydney First-class On-field
21 Feb 2026 Tasmania v New South WalesBellerive Oval, Hobart List A On-field
16 Feb 2026 Tasmania v New South WalesBellerive Oval, Hobart First-class On-field
10 Feb 2026 South Australia v New South WalesCricket Central, Sydney List A On-field
25 Jan 2026 Sydney Sixers v Perth ScorchersPerth Stadium T20 Reserve
20 Jan 2026 Perth Scorchers v Sydney SixersPerth Stadium T20 On-field
18 Jan 2026 Brisbane Heat v Sydney SixersBrisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane T20 On-field
16 Jan 2026 Sydney Thunder v Sydney SixersSydney Cricket Ground T20 On-field
13 Jan 2026 Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne StarsMelbourne Cricket Ground T20 On-field
10 Jan 2026 Sydney Thunder v Brisbane HeatBrisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane T20 TV umpire
4 Jan 2026 Melbourne Stars v Melbourne RenegadesMelbourne Cricket Ground T20 On-field
2 Jan 2026 Melbourne Stars v Brisbane HeatBrisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane T20 TV umpire
31 Dec 2025 Brisbane Heat v Adelaide StrikersAdelaide Oval T20 TV umpire
26 Dec 2025 Sydney Sixers v Melbourne StarsSydney Cricket Ground T20 On-field
23 Dec 2025 Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne StarsAdelaide Oval T20 On-field
21 Dec 2025 Melbourne Renegades v Hobart HurricanesGMHBA Stadium, South Geelong, Victoria T20 On-field
17 Dec 2025 Sydney Sixers v Adelaide StrikersSydney Cricket Ground T20 On-field
14 Dec 2025 Sydney Sixers v Perth ScorchersPerth Stadium T20 On-field
5 Dec 2025 New South Wales v QueenslandSydney Cricket Ground First-class On-field
15 Nov 2025 South Australia v TasmaniaKingston Twin Ovals, Hobart List A On-field

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Questions

How many matches has GA Abood officiated?
GA Abood has officiated 285 recorded matches, between 2007 and 2026.
How many Test matches has GA Abood stood in?
GA Abood appears in 10 Tests on record.
How many ODIs has GA Abood stood in?
GA Abood appears in 19 ODIs on record.
How often are GA Abood's decisions upheld on review?
Of 20 player reviews recorded against his decisions, 3 were upheld -- 15 per cent. This counts only decisions a side chose to review, so it is not an overall accuracy figure.
Which ground has GA Abood officiated at most often?
Sydney Cricket Ground, with 53 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.