RJ Bailey

Cricket umpire Active

  • 445 matches officiated
  • 2006–2025 on record
  • 51 grounds
  • 44 teams
  • #30 of 1,539 by experience

Career by year

010203040502006: 1 as reserve20062007: 2 as reserve2008: 1 as reserve20082009: 1 as reserve2010: 2 as reserve20102011: 3 as on-field2011: 5 as tv umpire2011: 4 as reserve2012: 5 as on-field2012: 2 as tv umpire2012: 3 as reserve20122013: 12 as on-field2013: 1 as tv umpire2013: 4 as reserve2014: 28 as on-field2014: 5 as tv umpire2014: 4 as reserve20142015: 32 as on-field2015: 4 as tv umpire2015: 4 as reserve2016: 34 as on-field2016: 6 as tv umpire2016: 5 as reserve20162017: 32 as on-field2017: 4 as tv umpire2017: 4 as reserve2018: 30 as on-field2018: 6 as tv umpire2018: 5 as reserve20182019: 28 as on-field2019: 2 as tv umpire2019: 5 as reserve2020: 13 as on-field2020: 1 as tv umpire20202021: 27 as on-field2021: 8 as reserve2021: 1 as match referee2022: 30 as on-field2022: 1 as tv umpire2022: 2 as reserve20222023: 30 as on-field2023: 1 as tv umpire2024: 21 as on-field20242025: 26 as on-field2025
  • On-field
  • TV umpire
  • Reserve
  • Match referee

By format

Test14
ODI53
T20I44
First-class111
List A60
T20163
Women's matches22

By role

On-field 351
TV umpire 38
Reserve 55
Match referee 1

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

  • 31reviews against his calls
  • 6upheld
  • 25overturned
  • 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 19 4 (21%)
T20 12 2 (17%)

First and most recent

First on record England v PakistanTest4 Aug 2006Headingley
Most recent Leicestershire v NorthamptonshireFirst-class24 Sep 2025County Ground, Northampton

Stood with most often

Grounds

  • County Ground25
  • Edgbaston25
  • Kennington Oval, London21
  • Edgbaston, Birmingham19
  • Kennington Oval19
  • County Ground, Chelmsford18
  • The Rose Bowl18
  • Trent Bridge, Nottingham17
  • Lord's, London17
  • Trent Bridge17
  • County Ground, Northampton15
  • County Ground, New Road, Worcester15

Teams

  • England106
  • Essex44
  • Somerset43
  • Kent41
  • Northamptonshire39
  • Worcestershire39
  • Surrey39
  • Hampshire38
  • Nottinghamshire37
  • Yorkshire33
  • Lancashire33
  • Sussex32

Competitions

  • Vitality Blast72
  • NatWest T20 Blast55
  • County Championship53
  • Royal London One-Day Cup49
  • Specsavers County Championship32
  • LV= County Championship20
  • The Hundred Men's Competition18
  • NatWest Series17
  • One-Day Cup9
  • Vitality Blast Men8
  • Bob Willis Trophy6
  • South Africa in England T20I Series6

Milestones

50th match England v Sri Lanka20 May 2014
100th match Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire26 Jun 2015
200th match Durham v Derbyshire28 Aug 2017
300th match Essex v Nottinghamshire6 May 2021
400th match Glamorgan v Derbyshire12 Apr 2024

Recent matches

DateMatch FormatRole
24 Sep 2025 Leicestershire v NorthamptonshireCounty Ground, Northampton First-class On-field
15 Sep 2025 Worcestershire v DurhamRiverside Ground, Chester-le-Street First-class On-field
8 Sep 2025 Somerset v YorkshireThe Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton First-class On-field
21 Aug 2025 Somerset v SussexCounty Ground, Hove List A On-field
18 Aug 2025 Surrey v HampshireKennington Oval, London List A On-field
6 Aug 2025 Middlesex v SomersetRadlett Cricket Club, Radlett List A On-field
29 Jul 2025 Somerset v NottinghamshireTrent Bridge, Nottingham First-class On-field
22 Jul 2025 Sussex v EssexCounty Ground, Hove First-class On-field
18 Jul 2025 Essex v KentSt Lawrence Ground, Canterbury T20 On-field
9 Jul 2025 Birmingham Bears v LancashireEdgbaston, Birmingham T20 On-field
6 Jul 2025 Northamptonshire v WorcestershireCounty Ground, Northampton T20 On-field
4 Jul 2025 Northamptonshire v LancashireCounty Ground, Northampton T20 On-field
29 Jun 2025 Kent v NorthamptonshireSt Lawrence Ground, Canterbury First-class On-field
22 Jun 2025 Essex v HampshireCounty Ground, Chelmsford First-class On-field
20 Jun 2025 Nottinghamshire v NorthamptonshireCounty Ground, Northampton T20 On-field
18 Jun 2025 Essex v WarwickshireEdgbaston, Birmingham T20 On-field
6 Jun 2025 Leicestershire v DurhamGrace Road, Leicester T20 On-field
4 Jun 2025 Essex v WarwickshireCounty Ground, Chelmsford T20 On-field
1 Jun 2025 Middlesex v GlamorganMerchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood T20 On-field
30 May 2025 Derbyshire v LeicestershireGrace Road, Leicester T20 On-field

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Questions

How many matches has RJ Bailey officiated?
RJ Bailey has officiated 445 recorded matches, between 2006 and 2025.
How many Test matches has RJ Bailey stood in?
RJ Bailey appears in 14 Tests on record.
How many ODIs has RJ Bailey stood in?
RJ Bailey appears in 53 ODIs on record.
How often are RJ Bailey's decisions upheld on review?
Of 31 player reviews recorded against his decisions, 6 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 RJ Bailey officiated at most often?
County Ground, with 25 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.