DK Butler

Cricket umpire Active

  • 163 matches officiated
  • 2013–2026 on record
  • 20 grounds
  • 32 teams
  • #170 of 1,489 by experience

Career by year

0102030402013: 2 as reserve20132014: 2 as reserve201420152016201720182019: 2 as on-field20192020: 12 as on-field2020: 5 as tv umpire20202021: 10 as on-field2021: 4 as tv umpire2021: 3 as reserve20212022: 9 as on-field2022: 4 as tv umpire2022: 5 as reserve20222023: 12 as on-field2023: 6 as tv umpire2023: 5 as reserve20232024: 20 as on-field2024: 5 as tv umpire2024: 8 as reserve20242025: 19 as on-field2025: 10 as tv umpire2025: 10 as reserve20252026: 4 as on-field2026: 1 as tv umpire2026: 5 as reserve2026
  • On-field
  • TV umpire
  • Reserve

By format

Test4
ODI9
T20I35
List A2
T20113
Women's matches6

By role

On-field 88
TV umpire 35
Reserve 40

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

  • 67reviews against his calls
  • 16upheld
  • 51overturned
  • 24%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 7 1 (14%)
T20 50 13 (26%)
T20I 10 2 (20%)

First and most recent

First on record West Indies v PakistanT20I27 Jul 2013Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown
Most recent New Zealand v West IndiesODI21 Jul 2026Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Stood with most often

Grounds

  • Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts31
  • Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia23
  • Providence Stadium, Guyana22
  • Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados12
  • Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City11
  • Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba11
  • Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad9
  • Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua7
  • Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram6
  • Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica5
  • Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad5
  • Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain5

Teams

  • Trinbago Knight Riders45
  • West Indies37
  • Guyana Amazon Warriors35
  • St Lucia Kings33
  • St Kitts and Nevis Patriots28
  • Barbados Royals25
  • Jamaica Tallawahs21
  • Antigua and Barbuda Falcons10
  • Pakistan6
  • Australia6
  • Cayman Islands6
  • Bahamas6

Competitions

  • Caribbean Premier League104
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Region Final11
  • Bangladesh Premier League9
  • Australia tour of West Indies6
  • Ireland Women tour of West Indies6
  • New Zealand tour of West Indies5
  • Sri Lanka tour of West Indies5
  • England tour of West Indies5
  • Pakistan tour of West Indies4
  • Bangladesh tour of West Indies4
  • Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup2
  • Pakistan in West Indies T20I Series2

Milestones

50th match Jamaica Tallawahs v Trinbago Knight Riders 17 Sep 2022
100th match Trinbago Knight Riders v Antigua and Barbuda Falcons 19 Sep 2024

Recent matches

DateMatch FormatRole
21 Jul 2026 New Zealand v West Indies Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados ODI Reserve
19 Jul 2026 West Indies v New Zealand Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados ODI Reserve
16 Jul 2026 West Indies v New Zealand Providence Stadium, Guyana ODI On-field
13 Jul 2026 West Indies v New Zealand Providence Stadium, Guyana ODI Reserve
11 Jul 2026 New Zealand v West Indies Providence Stadium, Guyana ODI On-field
3 Jul 2026 Sri Lanka v West Indies Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua Test Reserve
25 Jun 2026 Sri Lanka v West Indies Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua Test Reserve
14 Jun 2026 Sri Lanka v West Indies Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica T20I On-field
13 Jun 2026 Sri Lanka v West Indies Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica T20I TV umpire
11 Jun 2026 Sri Lanka v West Indies Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica T20I On-field
21 Sep 2025 Guyana Amazon Warriors v Trinbago Knight Riders Providence Stadium, Guyana T20 Reserve
19 Sep 2025 Trinbago Knight Riders v St Lucia Kings Providence Stadium, Guyana T20 On-field
17 Sep 2025 Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Lucia Kings Providence Stadium, Guyana T20 On-field
16 Sep 2025 Antigua and Barbuda Falcons v Trinbago Knight Riders Providence Stadium, Guyana T20 TV umpire
12 Sep 2025 Trinbago Knight Riders v Barbados Royals Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados T20 Reserve
11 Sep 2025 St Kitts and Nevis Patriots v Barbados Royals Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados T20 On-field
7 Sep 2025 Barbados Royals v St Lucia Kings Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados T20 TV umpire
5 Sep 2025 Barbados Royals v Antigua and Barbuda Falcons Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados T20 On-field
4 Sep 2025 Barbados Royals v Guyana Amazon Warriors Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados T20 Reserve
31 Aug 2025 Antigua and Barbuda Falcons v St Lucia Kings Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia T20 TV umpire

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Questions

How many matches has DK Butler officiated?
DK Butler has officiated 163 recorded matches, between 2013 and 2026.
How many Test matches has DK Butler stood in?
DK Butler appears in 4 Tests on record.
How many ODIs has DK Butler stood in?
DK Butler appears in 9 ODIs on record.
How often are DK Butler's decisions upheld on review?
Of 67 player reviews recorded against his decisions, 16 were upheld -- 24 per cent. This counts only decisions a side chose to review, so it is not an overall accuracy figure.
Which ground has DK Butler officiated at most often?
Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts, with 31 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.