IJ Gould

Cricket umpire

  • 477 matches officiated
  • 2004–2021 on record
  • 115 grounds
  • 54 teams
  • #26 of 1,489 by experience

Career by year

010203040502004: 1 as reserve20042006: 4 as on-field2006: 6 as tv umpire2006: 2 as reserve20062007: 11 as on-field2007: 7 as tv umpire2007: 3 as reserve2008: 11 as on-field2008: 3 as tv umpire2008: 2 as reserve20082009: 23 as on-field2009: 9 as tv umpire2009: 3 as reserve2010: 28 as on-field2010: 7 as tv umpire2010: 5 as reserve20102011: 24 as on-field2011: 5 as tv umpire2011: 2 as reserve2012: 22 as on-field2012: 5 as tv umpire2012: 3 as reserve20122013: 19 as on-field2013: 4 as tv umpire2013: 2 as reserve2014: 32 as on-field2014: 9 as tv umpire2014: 4 as reserve20142015: 29 as on-field2015: 8 as tv umpire2015: 2 as reserve2016: 29 as on-field2016: 4 as tv umpire2016: 1 as reserve20162017: 18 as on-field2017: 9 as tv umpire2017: 1 as reserve2018: 33 as on-field2018: 11 as tv umpire20182019: 23 as on-field2019: 6 as tv umpire2020: 15 as on-field20202021: 30 as on-field2021: 2 as tv umpire2021
  • On-field
  • TV umpire
  • Reserve

By format

Test100
ODI194
T20I70
First-class37
List A20
T2056
Women's matches14

By role

On-field 351
TV umpire 95
Reserve 31

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

  • 242reviews against his calls
  • 63upheld
  • 179overturned
  • 26%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 41 16 (39%)
T20 4 1 (25%)
Test 197 46 (23%)

First and most recent

First on record Pakistan v West IndiesODI22 Sep 2004The Rose Bowl
Most recent Hampshire v WarwickshireFirst-class5 Sep 2021Edgbaston, Birmingham

Stood with most often

Grounds

  • Kennington Oval18
  • Shere Bangla National Stadium18
  • County Ground14
  • SuperSport Park14
  • Sabina Park, Kingston14
  • R Premadasa Stadium14
  • Edgbaston13
  • Lord's12
  • Harare Sports Club11
  • Sophia Gardens10
  • Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa10
  • Trent Bridge10

Teams

  • India104
  • Pakistan87
  • Australia84
  • Sri Lanka79
  • West Indies75
  • New Zealand69
  • South Africa68
  • England57
  • Zimbabwe38
  • Bangladesh28
  • Essex22
  • Middlesex21

Competitions

  • Vitality Blast41
  • NatWest Series34
  • ICC World Twenty2029
  • ICC Cricket World Cup23
  • World T2022
  • ICC Champions Trophy18
  • Royal London One-Day Cup16
  • Specsavers County Championship13
  • County Championship11
  • The Frank Worrell Trophy11
  • Asia Cup11
  • LV= County Championship10

Milestones

50th match South Africa v Bangladesh 26 Nov 2008
100th match New Zealand v Pakistan 8 May 2010
200th match West Indies v India 30 Jun 2013
300th match Hong Kong v Zimbabwe 8 Mar 2016
400th match New Zealand v Pakistan 3 Dec 2018

Recent matches

DateMatch FormatRole
5 Sep 2021 Hampshire v Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham First-class On-field
30 Aug 2021 Kent v Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester First-class On-field
27 Aug 2021 Kent v Birmingham Bears St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury T20 TV umpire
16 Aug 2021 Essex v Glamorgan Sophia Gardens, Cardiff List A On-field
12 Aug 2021 Sussex v Middlesex County Ground, Hove List A On-field
8 Aug 2021 Nottinghamshire v Glamorgan Sophia Gardens, Cardiff List A On-field
6 Aug 2021 Hampshire v Gloucestershire County Ground, Bristol List A On-field
1 Aug 2021 Kent v Essex County Ground, Chelmsford List A On-field
30 Jul 2021 Sussex v Kent County Ground, Hove List A On-field
28 Jul 2021 Lancashire v Kent Kent County Cricket Ground, Beckenham List A On-field
25 Jul 2021 Middlesex v Essex County Ground, Chelmsford List A On-field
22 Jul 2021 Derbyshire v Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester List A On-field
18 Jul 2021 Middlesex v Essex County Ground, Chelmsford T20 On-field
16 Jul 2021 Sussex v Hampshire The Rose Bowl, Southampton T20 On-field
16 Jul 2021 Hampshire v Essex The Rose Bowl, Southampton T20 On-field
11 Jul 2021 Lancashire v Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds First-class On-field
9 Jul 2021 Surrey v Kent Kennington Oval, London T20 On-field
4 Jul 2021 Hampshire v Surrey The Rose Bowl, Southampton First-class On-field
2 Jul 2021 Somerset v Middlesex The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton T20 On-field
30 Jun 2021 Surrey v Hampshire The Rose Bowl, Southampton T20 On-field

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Questions

How many matches has IJ Gould officiated?
IJ Gould has officiated 477 recorded matches, between 2004 and 2021.
How many Test matches has IJ Gould stood in?
IJ Gould appears in 100 Tests on record.
How many ODIs has IJ Gould stood in?
IJ Gould appears in 194 ODIs on record.
How often are IJ Gould's decisions upheld on review?
Of 242 player reviews recorded against his decisions, 63 were upheld -- 26 per cent. This counts only decisions a side chose to review, so it is not an overall accuracy figure.
Which ground has IJ Gould officiated at most often?
Kennington Oval, with 18 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.