Chris Watts

Cricket umpire Active

  • 194 matches officiated
  • 2016–2026 on record
  • 40 grounds
  • 43 teams
  • #146 of 1,489 by experience

Career by year

0102030402016: 5 as on-field20162017: 3 as on-field2017: 1 as reserve20172018: 12 as on-field2018: 2 as reserve20182019: 13 as on-field2019: 1 as reserve20192020: 8 as on-field20202021: 19 as on-field20212022: 24 as on-field2022: 3 as reserve20222023: 17 as on-field20232024: 29 as on-field2024: 4 as reserve20242025: 26 as on-field2025: 4 as reserve20252026: 20 as on-field2026: 3 as reserve2026
  • On-field
  • Reserve

By format

Test1
ODI1
First-class51
List A41
T20100
Women's matches47

By role

On-field 176
Reserve 18

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

  • 11reviews against his calls
  • 3upheld
  • 8overturned
  • 27%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
T20 5 1 (20%)
Test 6 2 (33%)

First and most recent

First on record Lancashire Thunder v Western StormT2031 Jul 2016County Ground, Taunton
Most recent Southern Brave v Welsh FireT203 Aug 2026Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Stood with most often

Grounds

  • County Ground, Chelmsford20
  • Lord's, London14
  • County Ground, Northampton13
  • County Ground, Hove12
  • Grace Road, Leicester12
  • Trent Bridge, Nottingham11
  • The Rose Bowl, Southampton11
  • Kennington Oval, London8
  • Edgbaston, Birmingham8
  • St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury7
  • County Ground, Bristol7
  • Headingley, Leeds7

Teams

  • Middlesex24
  • Kent22
  • Sussex22
  • Essex22
  • Gloucestershire21
  • Worcestershire17
  • Hampshire16
  • Leicestershire15
  • Northamptonshire15
  • Surrey14
  • Durham13
  • Glamorgan12

Competitions

  • County Championship42
  • Vitality Blast37
  • Royal London One-Day Cup20
  • Women's Cricket Super League16
  • The Hundred Men's Competition14
  • The Hundred Women's Competition12
  • One-Day Cup12
  • Vitality Blast Men12
  • Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy8
  • Specsavers County Championship7
  • Charlotte Edwards Cup5
  • Vitality Blast Women3

Milestones

50th match Hampshire v Gloucestershire 2 Jul 2021
100th match Glamorgan v Essex 16 Jun 2023

Recent matches

DateMatch FormatRole
3 Aug 2026 Southern Brave v Welsh Fire Sophia Gardens, Cardiff T20 Reserve
3 Aug 2026 Southern Brave v Welsh Fire Sophia Gardens, Cardiff T20 On-field
31 Jul 2026 Durham v Yorkshire Clifton Park Ground, York List A On-field
29 Jul 2026 Glamorgan v Durham Roseworth Terrace, Gosforth List A On-field
26 Jul 2026 London Spirit v Trent Rockets Trent Bridge, Nottingham T20 Reserve
26 Jul 2026 Trent Rockets v London Spirit Trent Bridge, Nottingham T20 On-field
24 Jul 2026 Surrey v Leicestershire Woodbridge Road, Guildford List A On-field
22 Jul 2026 Southern Brave v Welsh Fire The Rose Bowl, Southampton T20 Reserve
22 Jul 2026 Southern Brave v Welsh Fire The Rose Bowl, Southampton T20 On-field
28 Jun 2026 Hampshire v Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury T20 On-field
26 Jun 2026 Sussex v Surrey County Ground, Hove T20 On-field
19 Jun 2026 Kent v Middlesex St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury First-class On-field
12 Jun 2026 Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire County Ground, Northampton First-class On-field
9 Jun 2026 Worcestershire v Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton T20 On-field
31 May 2026 Middlesex v Hampshire Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood T20 On-field
29 May 2026 Kent v Essex St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury T20 On-field
27 May 2026 Durham v Surrey Kennington Oval, London T20 On-field
22 May 2026 Northamptonshire v Glamorgan County Ground, Northampton T20 On-field
15 May 2026 Worcestershire v Lancashire Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport First-class On-field
8 May 2026 Gloucestershire v Kent County Ground, Bristol First-class On-field

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Questions

How many matches has Chris Watts officiated?
Chris Watts has officiated 194 recorded matches, between 2016 and 2026.
How many Test matches has Chris Watts stood in?
Chris Watts appears in 1 Tests on record.
How many ODIs has Chris Watts stood in?
Chris Watts appears in 1 ODIs on record.
How often are Chris Watts's decisions upheld on review?
Of 11 player reviews recorded against his decisions, 3 were upheld -- 27 per cent. This counts only decisions a side chose to review, so it is not an overall accuracy figure.
Which ground has Chris Watts officiated at most often?
County Ground, Chelmsford, with 20 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.