DM Koch

Cricket umpire Active

  • 257 matches officiated
  • 2015–2026 on record
  • 50 grounds
  • 43 teams
  • #97 of 1,490 by experience

Career by year

010203040502015: 1 as on-field2015: 2 as reserve20152016: 2 as on-field20162017: 2 as on-field2017: 4 as tv umpire2017: 3 as reserve20172018: 5 as on-field2018: 4 as tv umpire2018: 2 as reserve2018: 1 as match referee20182019: 12 as on-field2019: 4 as tv umpire20192020: 26 as on-field2020: 8 as tv umpire2020: 1 as reserve20202021: 21 as on-field2021: 6 as tv umpire2021: 1 as reserve20212022: 24 as on-field2022: 6 as tv umpire2022: 8 as reserve20222023: 18 as on-field2023: 5 as tv umpire2023: 4 as reserve20232024: 15 as on-field2024: 1 as tv umpire2024: 2 as reserve20242025: 33 as on-field2025: 4 as tv umpire2025: 4 as reserve20252026: 18 as on-field2026: 5 as tv umpire2026: 5 as reserve2026
  • On-field
  • TV umpire
  • Reserve
  • Match referee

By format

Test6
ODI24
T20I46
First-class35
List A22
T20124
Women's matches37

By role

On-field 177
TV umpire 47
Reserve 32
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

  • 29reviews against his calls
  • 13upheld
  • 16overturned
  • 45%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 3 0 (0%)
T20 12 7 (58%)
T20I 11 5 (45%)
Test 3 1 (33%)

First and most recent

First on record Brisbane Heat v Sydney SixersT2011 Jan 2015Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Most recent Japan v Papua New GuineaT20I18 May 2026Sano International Cricket Ground

Stood with most often

Grounds

  • Melbourne Cricket Ground20
  • Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane17
  • Bellerive Oval, Hobart14
  • Perth Stadium14
  • Adelaide Oval14
  • Sydney Cricket Ground12
  • Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba12
  • Allan Border Field, Brisbane11
  • Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth10
  • Manuka Oval9
  • Allan Border Field9
  • Docklands Stadium, Melbourne8

Teams

  • Australia44
  • Brisbane Heat43
  • Melbourne Stars34
  • Sydney Sixers31
  • Perth Scorchers31
  • Sydney Thunder31
  • Melbourne Renegades29
  • Hobart Hurricanes28
  • South Australia27
  • Queensland23
  • Adelaide Strikers21
  • Victoria19

Competitions

  • Big Bash League110
  • Sheffield Shield32
  • Women's Big Bash League14
  • The Marsh Cup14
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier9
  • One-Day Cup (Australia)8
  • South Africa tour of Australia8
  • New Zealand Women tour of Australia7
  • Australia Tri-Nation Women's T20 Series7
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup6
  • ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 26
  • ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier5

Milestones

50th match Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Stars 22 Jan 2020
100th match South Australia v Queensland 28 Nov 2021
200th match Western Australia v South Australia 8 Feb 2025

Recent matches

DateMatch FormatRole
18 May 2026 Japan v Papua New Guinea Sano International Cricket Ground T20I On-field
17 May 2026 Cook Islands v Indonesia Sano International Cricket Ground T20I On-field
16 May 2026 Samoa v Japan Sano International Cricket Ground T20I On-field
14 May 2026 Fiji v Philippines Sano International Cricket Ground 2 T20I On-field
13 May 2026 Samoa v Papua New Guinea Sano International Cricket Ground T20I On-field
12 May 2026 Japan v Indonesia Sano International Cricket Ground T20I Reserve
12 May 2026 Vanuatu v Samoa Sano International Cricket Ground T20I Reserve
10 May 2026 Fiji v Japan Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin T20I On-field
9 May 2026 Papua New Guinea v South Korea Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin T20I On-field
8 May 2026 Vanuatu v Fiji Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin T20I On-field
26 Mar 2026 South Australia v Victoria Junction Oval, Melbourne First-class TV umpire
14 Mar 2026 Tasmania v Queensland Bellerive Oval, Hobart First-class On-field
6 Mar 2026 India v Australia Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth Test On-field
18 Feb 2026 India v Netherlands Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad T20I Reserve
16 Feb 2026 England v Italy Eden Gardens, Kolkata T20I On-field
14 Feb 2026 Scotland v England Eden Gardens, Kolkata T20I Reserve
12 Feb 2026 Nepal v Italy Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai T20I On-field
11 Feb 2026 West Indies v England Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai T20I On-field
9 Feb 2026 Scotland v Italy Eden Gardens, Kolkata T20I Reserve
25 Jan 2026 Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers Perth Stadium T20 On-field

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Questions

How many matches has DM Koch officiated?
DM Koch has officiated 257 recorded matches, between 2015 and 2026.
How many Test matches has DM Koch stood in?
DM Koch appears in 6 Tests on record.
How many ODIs has DM Koch stood in?
DM Koch appears in 24 ODIs on record.
How often are DM Koch's decisions upheld on review?
Of 29 player reviews recorded against his decisions, 13 were upheld -- 45 per cent. This counts only decisions a side chose to review, so it is not an overall accuracy figure.
Which ground has DM Koch officiated at most often?
Melbourne Cricket Ground, 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.