JD Cloete

Cricket umpire

  • 261 matches officiated
  • 2006–2019 on record
  • 65 grounds
  • 56 teams
  • #93 of 1,539 by experience

Career by year

01020304050602006: 1 as reserve20062007: 1 as reserve200720082009: 1 as on-field2009: 4 as tv umpire2009: 13 as reserve20092010: 3 as on-field2010: 3 as tv umpire2010: 2 as reserve20102011: 11 as on-field2011: 2 as tv umpire2011: 5 as reserve20112012: 23 as on-field2012: 11 as tv umpire2012: 5 as reserve20122013: 18 as on-field2013: 5 as tv umpire2013: 8 as reserve20132014: 15 as on-field2014: 2 as tv umpire2014: 2 as reserve20142015: 34 as on-field2015: 9 as tv umpire2015: 10 as reserve20152016: 22 as on-field2016: 8 as tv umpire2016: 4 as reserve20162017: 15 as on-field2017: 9 as tv umpire20172018: 5 as on-field2018: 4 as tv umpire20182019: 1 as on-field2019: 4 as tv umpire2019: 1 as reserve2019
  • On-field
  • TV umpire
  • Reserve

By format

Test10
ODI80
T20I42
First-class1
List A7
T20121
Women's matches2

By role

On-field 148
TV umpire 61
Reserve 52

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

  • 29reviews against his calls
  • 15upheld
  • 14overturned
  • 52%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 29 15 (52%)

First and most recent

First on record South Africa v IndiaODI3 Dec 2006SuperSport Park
Most recent Lions v WarriorsT205 May 2019New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Stood with most often

Grounds

  • SuperSport Park26
  • New Wanderers Stadium14
  • Kingsmead12
  • New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg11
  • Newlands11
  • Kensington Oval, Bridgetown8
  • St George's Park8
  • Warner Park, Basseterre7
  • Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet7
  • Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground7
  • M Chinnaswamy Stadium7
  • The Village, Malahide7

Teams

  • South Africa80
  • Pakistan26
  • England21
  • Zimbabwe16
  • Lions15
  • Titans15
  • New Zealand15
  • Ireland15
  • Trinbago Knight Riders14
  • Barbados Tridents14
  • Bangladesh14
  • India14

Competitions

  • Indian Premier League38
  • Caribbean Premier League37
  • Ram Slam T20 Challenge17
  • ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier15
  • CSA T20 Challenge11
  • Mzansi Super League9
  • India in South Africa ODI Series9
  • MiWAY T20 Challenge9
  • England in South Africa ODI Series8
  • ICC World Cricket League Division Three7
  • Pakistan in South Africa ODI Series7
  • New Zealand in South Africa ODI Series6

Milestones

50th match South Africa v Sri Lanka20 Jan 2012
100th match Zimbabwe v Bangladesh5 May 2013
200th match Bangladesh v New Zealand26 Mar 2016

Recent matches

DateMatch FormatRole
5 May 2019 Lions v WarriorsNew Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg T20 TV umpire
1 May 2019 Dolphins v LionsNew Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg T20 TV umpire
18 Apr 2019 Lions v TitansNew Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg T20 TV umpire
12 Apr 2019 Lions v KnightsSenwes Park, Potchefstroom T20 Reserve
10 Apr 2019 Cape Cobras v TitansWillowmoore Park, Benoni T20 On-field
5 Apr 2019 Titans v WarriorsSuperSport Park, Centurion T20 TV umpire
9 Dec 2018 Cape Town Blitz v Durban HeatNewlands, Cape Town T20 On-field
7 Dec 2018 Paarl Rocks v Cape Town BlitzNewlands, Cape Town T20 On-field
2 Dec 2018 Jozi Stars v Nelson Mandela Bay GiantsSt George's Park, Port Elizabeth T20 TV umpire
28 Nov 2018 Paarl Rocks v Durban HeatKingsmead, Durban T20 On-field
25 Nov 2018 Nelson Mandela Bay Giants v Tshwane SpartansSuperSport Park, Centurion T20 On-field
24 Nov 2018 Cape Town Blitz v Jozi StarsNew Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg T20 TV umpire
21 Nov 2018 Cape Town Blitz v Nelson Mandela Bay GiantsNewlands, Cape Town T20 TV umpire
20 Nov 2018 Jozi Stars v Paarl RocksBoland Park, Paarl T20 On-field
17 Nov 2018 Jozi Stars v Nelson Mandela Bay GiantsNew Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg T20 TV umpire
8 Dec 2017 Knights v DolphinsMangaung Oval, Bloemfontein T20 TV umpire
1 Dec 2017 Titans v WarriorsWillowmoore Park, Benoni T20 On-field
29 Nov 2017 Cape Cobras v WarriorsBoland Park, Paarl T20 On-field
19 Nov 2017 Dolphins v LionsSenwes Park, Potchefstroom T20 On-field
9 Sep 2017 St Kitts and Nevis Patriots v Trinbago Knight RidersBrian Lara Stadium, Tarouba T20 TV umpire

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Questions

How many matches has JD Cloete officiated?
JD Cloete has officiated 261 recorded matches, between 2006 and 2019.
How many Test matches has JD Cloete stood in?
JD Cloete appears in 10 Tests on record.
How many ODIs has JD Cloete stood in?
JD Cloete appears in 80 ODIs on record.
How often are JD Cloete's decisions upheld on review?
Of 29 player reviews recorded against his decisions, 15 were upheld -- 52 per cent. This counts only decisions a side chose to review, so it is not an overall accuracy figure.
Which ground has JD Cloete officiated at most often?
SuperSport Park, with 26 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.