BF Bowden

Cricket umpire Active

  • 589 matches officiated
  • 2002–2026 on record
  • 138 grounds
  • 44 teams
  • #12 of 1,539 by experience

Career by year

010203040502002: 1 as tv umpire20022003: 15 as on-field2003: 6 as tv umpire2004: 12 as on-field2004: 2 as tv umpire20042005: 21 as on-field2005: 1 as tv umpire2006: 20 as on-field2006: 4 as tv umpire2006: 2 as reserve20062007: 24 as on-field2007: 9 as tv umpire2007: 5 as reserve2008: 27 as on-field2008: 7 as tv umpire2008: 2 as reserve20082009: 20 as on-field2009: 4 as tv umpire2009: 4 as reserve2010: 35 as on-field2010: 7 as tv umpire2010: 2 as reserve20102011: 21 as on-field2011: 7 as tv umpire2011: 3 as reserve2012: 34 as on-field2012: 6 as tv umpire2012: 6 as reserve20122013: 21 as on-field2013: 9 as tv umpire2013: 2 as reserve2014: 24 as on-field2014: 12 as tv umpire2014: 7 as reserve20142015: 8 as on-field2015: 4 as tv umpire2015: 4 as reserve2016: 12 as on-field2016: 2 as tv umpire2016: 4 as reserve20162017: 12 as on-field2018: 18 as on-field20182019: 19 as on-field2020: 15 as on-field2020: 1 as reserve20202021: 20 as on-field2021: 4 as tv umpire2021: 4 as reserve2022: 16 as on-field2022: 1 as tv umpire20222023: 16 as on-field2023: 2 as tv umpire2023: 2 as reserve2024: 11 as on-field2024: 4 as tv umpire20242025: 9 as on-field2025: 2 as tv umpire2026: 15 as on-field2026: 2 as reserve2026
  • On-field
  • TV umpire
  • Reserve

By format

Test78
ODI212
T20I70
First-class58
T20171
Women's matches79

By role

On-field 445
TV umpire 94
Reserve 50

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

  • 138reviews against his calls
  • 34upheld
  • 104overturned
  • 25%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 12 2 (17%)
Test 126 32 (25%)

First and most recent

First on record New Zealand v IndiaODI29 Dec 2002McLean Park, Napier
Most recent Auckland Aces v CanterburyFirst-class27 Mar 2026Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland

Stood with most often

Grounds

  • Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland23
  • Eden Park21
  • Seddon Park18
  • Eden Park Outer Oval18
  • Kensington Oval, Bridgetown16
  • Basin Reserve14
  • Sylhet Stadium14
  • Hagley Oval, Christchurch13
  • Bay Oval12
  • McLean Park, Napier10
  • McLean Park10
  • Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound10

Teams

  • Australia117
  • England86
  • New Zealand79
  • India76
  • Northern Districts74
  • Pakistan73
  • South Africa67
  • West Indies67
  • Sri Lanka64
  • Auckland54
  • Canterbury44
  • Central Districts37

Competitions

  • Super Smash67
  • Plunket Shield58
  • Indian Premier League50
  • Women's Super Smash34
  • ICC World Cup31
  • ICC Champions Trophy28
  • ICC World Twenty2021
  • ICC Cricket World Cup16
  • Caribbean Premier League11
  • ICC Women's World Twenty2011
  • Women's World T2010
  • New Zealand Cricket Women's Twenty209

Milestones

50th match England v Australia4 Aug 2005
100th match England v Sri Lanka4 Apr 2007
200th match Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore2 Apr 2010
300th match Australia v England1 Oct 2012
400th match New Zealand v Sri Lanka5 Jan 2016
500th match Central Districts v Otago18 Dec 2021

Recent matches

DateMatch FormatRole
27 Mar 2026 Auckland Aces v CanterburyEden Park Outer Oval, Auckland First-class On-field
9 Mar 2026 Auckland Aces v Otago VoltsEden Park Outer Oval, Auckland First-class On-field
28 Feb 2026 Auckland Aces v Northern DistrictsEden Park Outer Oval, Auckland First-class On-field
31 Jan 2026 Auckland v WellingtonHagley Oval, Christchurch T20 On-field
31 Jan 2026 Canterbury v Northern DistrictsHagley Oval, Christchurch T20 On-field
30 Jan 2026 Northern Districts v AucklandHagley Oval, Christchurch T20 On-field
30 Jan 2026 Auckland v CanterburyHagley Oval, Christchurch T20 Reserve
25 Jan 2026 Northern Districts v CanterburyHagley Oval, Christchurch T20 On-field
25 Jan 2026 Northern Districts v CanterburyHagley Oval, Christchurch T20 On-field
22 Jan 2026 Auckland v Northern DistrictsEden Park Outer Oval, Auckland T20 Reserve
22 Jan 2026 Northern Districts v AucklandEden Park Outer Oval, Auckland T20 On-field
13 Jan 2026 Northern Districts v Central DistrictsMcLean Park, Napier T20 On-field
13 Jan 2026 Central Districts v Northern DistrictsMcLean Park, Napier T20 On-field
8 Jan 2026 Northern Districts v CanterburySeddon Park, Hamilton T20 On-field
8 Jan 2026 Northern Districts v CanterburySeddon Park, Hamilton T20 On-field
4 Jan 2026 Northern Districts v OtagoBay Oval, Mount Maunganui T20 On-field
4 Jan 2026 Otago v Northern DistrictsBay Oval, Mount Maunganui T20 On-field
31 Dec 2025 Wellington v Northern DistrictsBay Oval, Mount Maunganui T20 On-field
31 Dec 2025 Wellington v Northern DistrictsBay Oval, Mount Maunganui T20 On-field
21 Mar 2025 Northern Districts v Wellington FirebirdsBasin Reserve, Wellington First-class On-field

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Questions

How many matches has BF Bowden officiated?
BF Bowden has officiated 589 recorded matches, between 2002 and 2026.
How many Test matches has BF Bowden stood in?
BF Bowden appears in 78 Tests on record.
How many ODIs has BF Bowden stood in?
BF Bowden appears in 212 ODIs on record.
How often are BF Bowden's decisions upheld on review?
Of 138 player reviews recorded against his decisions, 34 were upheld -- 25 per cent. This counts only decisions a side chose to review, so it is not an overall accuracy figure.
Which ground has BF Bowden officiated at most often?
Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland, with 23 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.