PJ Gillespie

Cricket umpire Active

  • 287 matches officiated
  • 2013–2026 on record
  • 52 grounds
  • 37 teams
  • #81 of 1,489 by experience

Career by year

0102030402013: 1 as reserve20132014: 4 as on-field2014: 4 as reserve20142015: 2 as on-field2015: 1 as tv umpire2015: 1 as reserve20152016: 6 as on-field2016: 3 as tv umpire2016: 1 as reserve20162017: 8 as on-field2017: 4 as tv umpire20172018: 12 as on-field2018: 4 as tv umpire2018: 2 as reserve20182019: 22 as on-field2019: 7 as tv umpire2019: 5 as reserve20192020: 16 as on-field2020: 6 as tv umpire2020: 2 as reserve20202021: 18 as on-field2021: 8 as tv umpire2021: 3 as reserve2021: 1 as match referee20212022: 21 as on-field2022: 7 as tv umpire2022: 3 as reserve20222023: 25 as on-field2023: 2 as tv umpire2023: 5 as reserve20232024: 15 as on-field2024: 2 as tv umpire2024: 6 as reserve20242025: 25 as on-field2025: 7 as tv umpire2025: 8 as reserve20252026: 15 as on-field2026: 2 as tv umpire2026: 3 as reserve2026
  • On-field
  • TV umpire
  • Reserve
  • Match referee

By format

Test7
ODI19
T20I72
First-class34
List A19
T20136
Women's matches38

By role

On-field 189
TV umpire 53
Reserve 44
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

  • 27reviews against his calls
  • 11upheld
  • 16overturned
  • 41%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 4 2 (50%)
T20 12 4 (33%)
T20I 11 5 (45%)

First and most recent

First on record Melbourne Renegades v Brisbane HeatT2030 Dec 2013Docklands Stadium
Most recent Cook Islands v SamoaT20I18 May 2026Sano International Cricket Ground

Stood with most often

Grounds

  • Melbourne Cricket Ground34
  • Adelaide Oval24
  • Sydney Cricket Ground24
  • Junction Oval, Melbourne17
  • Carrara Oval14
  • Docklands Stadium13
  • Bellerive Oval, Hobart12
  • Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane10
  • Sydney Showground Stadium8
  • Perth Stadium7
  • Docklands Stadium, Melbourne7
  • Faleata Oval No 2, Apia7

Teams

  • Australia65
  • Brisbane Heat45
  • Sydney Sixers41
  • Melbourne Stars39
  • Melbourne Renegades34
  • Adelaide Strikers30
  • Perth Scorchers28
  • Sydney Thunder28
  • Hobart Hurricanes27
  • Victoria24
  • Tasmania19
  • New South Wales18

Competitions

  • Big Bash League133
  • Sheffield Shield31
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier16
  • India Women tour of Australia10
  • The Marsh Cup10
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia & EAP Qualifier9
  • India tour of Australia8
  • One-Day Cup (Australia)7
  • Pakistan tour of Australia7
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Region Qualifier A7
  • West Indies Women tour of Australia6
  • ICC Women's Championship6

Milestones

50th match Australia v India 25 Nov 2018
100th match Western Australia v Tasmania 24 Feb 2020
200th match New South Wales v Tasmania 28 Nov 2023

Recent matches

DateMatch FormatRole
18 May 2026 Cook Islands v Samoa Sano International Cricket Ground T20I On-field
17 May 2026 Cook Islands v Indonesia Sano International Cricket Ground T20I On-field
16 May 2026 Philippines v South Korea Sano International Cricket Ground 2 T20I On-field
14 May 2026 Japan v Cook Islands Sano International Cricket Ground T20I On-field
13 May 2026 Cook Islands v Vanuatu Sano International Cricket Ground T20I Reserve
13 May 2026 Samoa v Papua New Guinea Sano International Cricket Ground T20I Reserve
12 May 2026 Vanuatu v Samoa Sano International Cricket Ground T20I On-field
10 May 2026 Papua New Guinea v Cook Islands Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin T20I On-field
9 May 2026 Japan v Vanuatu Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin T20I On-field
8 May 2026 South Korea v Cook Islands Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin T20I On-field
26 Mar 2026 South Australia v Victoria Junction Oval, Melbourne First-class Reserve
11 Mar 2026 Tasmania v New South Wales Bellerive Oval, Hobart List A On-field
5 Mar 2026 Victoria v Tasmania Bellerive Oval, Hobart First-class On-field
21 Feb 2026 India v Australia Adelaide Oval T20I On-field
19 Feb 2026 Australia v India Manuka Oval, Canberra T20I TV umpire
15 Feb 2026 Australia v India Sydney Cricket Ground T20I On-field
5 Feb 2026 New South Wales v South Australia Sydney Cricket Ground First-class On-field
25 Jan 2026 Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers Perth Stadium T20 TV umpire
23 Jan 2026 Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes Sydney Cricket Ground T20 On-field
21 Jan 2026 Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Stars Bellerive Oval, Hobart T20 On-field

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Questions

How many matches has PJ Gillespie officiated?
PJ Gillespie has officiated 287 recorded matches, between 2013 and 2026.
How many Test matches has PJ Gillespie stood in?
PJ Gillespie appears in 7 Tests on record.
How many ODIs has PJ Gillespie stood in?
PJ Gillespie appears in 19 ODIs on record.
How often are PJ Gillespie's decisions upheld on review?
Of 27 player reviews recorded against his decisions, 11 were upheld -- 41 per cent. This counts only decisions a side chose to review, so it is not an overall accuracy figure.
Which ground has PJ Gillespie officiated at most often?
Melbourne Cricket Ground, with 34 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.