MA Gough

Cricket umpire Active

  • 602 matches officiated
  • 2011–2026 on record
  • 128 grounds
  • 69 teams
  • #9 of 1,539 by experience

Career by year

01020304050602011: 1 as reserve20112012: 4 as on-field2012: 2 as tv umpire2012: 4 as reserve2013: 12 as on-field2013: 3 as tv umpire2013: 6 as reserve20132014: 37 as on-field2014: 1 as tv umpire2014: 6 as reserve2015: 35 as on-field2015: 9 as tv umpire2015: 11 as reserve20152016: 34 as on-field2016: 11 as tv umpire2016: 5 as reserve2017: 37 as on-field2017: 6 as tv umpire2017: 5 as reserve20172018: 42 as on-field2018: 8 as tv umpire2018: 5 as reserve2019: 32 as on-field2019: 11 as tv umpire2019: 2 as reserve20192020: 19 as on-field2020: 5 as tv umpire2021: 24 as on-field2021: 9 as tv umpire20212022: 34 as on-field2022: 9 as tv umpire2022: 4 as reserve2023: 31 as on-field2023: 13 as tv umpire2023: 2 as reserve20232024: 29 as on-field2024: 14 as tv umpire2024: 1 as reserve2025: 44 as on-field2025: 12 as tv umpire2025: 1 as reserve20252026: 18 as on-field2026: 4 as tv umpire2026
  • On-field
  • TV umpire
  • Reserve

By format

Test67
ODI152
T20I74
First-class60
List A49
T20200
Women's matches24

By role

On-field 432
TV umpire 117
Reserve 53

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

  • 436reviews against his calls
  • 86upheld
  • 350overturned
  • 20%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 96 25 (26%)
T20 70 12 (17%)
T20I 17 2 (12%)
Test 253 47 (19%)

First and most recent

First on record England v IndiaT20I31 Aug 2011Old Trafford
Most recent Welsh Fire v Manchester Super GiantsT205 Aug 2026Old Trafford, Manchester

Stood with most often

Grounds

  • Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street27
  • County Ground20
  • Headingley, Leeds19
  • Old Trafford19
  • Trent Bridge, Nottingham18
  • Edgbaston, Birmingham18
  • Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore18
  • Riverside Ground17
  • Edgbaston17
  • The Rose Bowl16
  • Old Trafford, Manchester14
  • Dubai International Cricket Stadium14

Teams

  • England97
  • Australia69
  • India63
  • Sri Lanka61
  • New Zealand60
  • Pakistan58
  • Durham41
  • Lancashire36
  • West Indies36
  • Nottinghamshire33
  • Warwickshire32
  • Bangladesh32

Competitions

  • Indian Premier League50
  • Pakistan Super League45
  • Royal London One-Day Cup43
  • NatWest T20 Blast42
  • Vitality Blast Men28
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup25
  • Specsavers County Championship24
  • County Championship20
  • ICC Cricket World Cup16
  • LV= County Championship16
  • Vitality Blast15
  • The Hundred Men's Competition13

Milestones

50th match Lancashire v Nottinghamshire13 Jul 2014
100th match England v New Zealand12 Jun 2015
200th match Nottinghamshire v Somerset13 Jun 2017
300th match Australia v Pakistan27 Mar 2019
400th match Lahore Qalandars v Islamabad United25 Feb 2022
500th match South Africa v Bangladesh10 Jun 2024

Recent matches

DateMatch FormatRole
5 Aug 2026 Welsh Fire v Manchester Super GiantsOld Trafford, Manchester T20 On-field
4 Aug 2026 Sunrisers Leeds v London SpiritHeadingley, Leeds T20 On-field
2 Aug 2026 Trent Rockets v Sunrisers LeedsTrent Bridge, Nottingham T20 On-field
18 Jul 2026 Northamptonshire v HampshireEdgbaston, Birmingham T20 TV umpire
18 Jul 2026 Northamptonshire v SomersetEdgbaston, Birmingham T20 TV umpire
15 Jul 2026 Yorkshire v SomersetHeadingley, Leeds T20 TV umpire
12 Jul 2026 Yorkshire v NottinghamshireHeadingley, Leeds T20 On-field
10 Jul 2026 Lancashire v YorkshireOld Trafford, Manchester T20 On-field
5 Jul 2026 Nottinghamshire v DurhamRiverside Ground, Chester-le-Street T20 On-field
3 Jul 2026 Nottinghamshire v LancashireTrent Bridge, Nottingham T20 On-field
28 Jun 2026 Worcestershire v SomersetCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester T20 On-field
19 Jun 2026 Northamptonshire v DurhamRiverside Ground, Chester-le-Street First-class On-field
12 Jun 2026 Yorkshire v WarwickshireNorth Marine Road Ground, Scarborough First-class On-field
9 Jun 2026 Durham v LancashireRiverside Ground, Chester-le-Street T20 On-field
5 Jun 2026 Yorkshire v LancashireHeadingley, Leeds T20 TV umpire
24 May 2026 Durham v HampshireRiverside Ground, Chester-le-Street T20 On-field
24 May 2026 Leicestershire v DurhamRiverside Ground, Chester-le-Street T20 On-field
22 May 2026 Nottinghamshire v YorkshireTrent Bridge, Nottingham T20 On-field
15 May 2026 Yorkshire v SurreyHeadingley, Leeds First-class On-field
8 May 2026 Leicestershire v SussexCounty Ground, Hove First-class On-field

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Questions

How many matches has MA Gough officiated?
MA Gough has officiated 602 recorded matches, between 2011 and 2026.
How many Test matches has MA Gough stood in?
MA Gough appears in 67 Tests on record.
How many ODIs has MA Gough stood in?
MA Gough appears in 152 ODIs on record.
How often are MA Gough's decisions upheld on review?
Of 436 player reviews recorded against his decisions, 86 were upheld -- 20 per cent. This counts only decisions a side chose to review, so it is not an overall accuracy figure.
Which ground has MA Gough officiated at most often?
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, with 27 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.