O Chirombe

Match referee Active

  • 165 matches officiated
  • 2008–2026 on record
  • 16 grounds
  • 29 teams
  • #169 of 1,489 by experience

Career by year

0102030402008: 2 as tv umpire20082009: 3 as tv umpire2010: 4 as on-field2010: 4 as tv umpire20102011: 7 as on-field2011: 3 as tv umpire2011: 2 as reserve2012: 2 as on-field20122013: 8 as on-field2013: 5 as tv umpire2013: 3 as reserve2014: 2 as on-field2014: 5 as tv umpire2014: 3 as reserve20142015: 5 as reserve2016: 3 as reserve201620182019: 12 as match referee20202021: 17 as match referee20222023: 19 as match referee2024: 33 as match referee20242025: 10 as match referee2026: 13 as match referee2026
  • On-field
  • TV umpire
  • Reserve
  • Match referee

By format

Test7
ODI50
T20I105
List A3
Women's matches35

By role

On-field 23
TV umpire 22
Reserve 16
Match referee 104

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.

First and most recent

First on record Zimbabwe v Sri LankaODI20 Nov 2008Harare Sports Club
Most recent Namibia v NigeriaT20I23 Jun 2026Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek

Stood with most often

Grounds

  • Harare Sports Club50
  • Entebbe Cricket Oval24
  • Queens Sports Club19
  • Achimota Senior Secondary School A Field, Accra14
  • Achimota Senior Secondary School B Field, Accra12
  • Old Hararians8
  • Integrated Polytechnic Regional Centre6
  • Gahanga International Cricket Stadium. Rwanda6
  • Nigeria Cricket Federation Oval 2, Abuja5
  • United Cricket Club Ground, Windhoek5
  • Nigeria Cricket Federation Oval 1, Abuja4
  • University of Lagos Cricket Oval3

Teams

  • Zimbabwe78
  • Nigeria25
  • Uganda24
  • Tanzania19
  • Kenya18
  • Namibia16
  • Pakistan13
  • India13
  • Bangladesh13
  • Eswatini9
  • St Helena9
  • South Africa9

Competitions

  • ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier26
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier Group C15
  • African Games14
  • Zimbabwe Triangular Series13
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifier B12
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier12
  • Pearl of Africa T20I Series10
  • Bangladesh in Zimbabwe ODI Series8
  • India in Zimbabwe ODI Series7
  • Ireland Women tour of Zimbabwe5
  • ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off5
  • Pakistan in Zimbabwe ODI Series5

Milestones

50th match Zimbabwe v Australia 31 Aug 2014
100th match Kenya v Tanzania 11 Dec 2023

Recent matches

DateMatch FormatRole
23 Jun 2026 Namibia v Nigeria Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek T20I Match referee
28 Mar 2026 Ghana v Eswatini Achimota Senior Secondary School B Field, Accra T20I Match referee
28 Mar 2026 Seychelles v Malawi Achimota Senior Secondary School A Field, Accra T20I Match referee
28 Mar 2026 Tanzania v St Helena Achimota Senior Secondary School B Field, Accra T20I Match referee
27 Mar 2026 Tanzania v Seychelles Achimota Senior Secondary School B Field, Accra T20I Match referee
27 Mar 2026 Eswatini v Malawi Achimota Senior Secondary School B Field, Accra T20I Match referee
27 Mar 2026 St Helena v Ghana Achimota Senior Secondary School A Field, Accra T20I Match referee
25 Mar 2026 Malawi v Ghana Achimota Senior Secondary School A Field, Accra T20I Match referee
25 Mar 2026 Tanzania v Eswatini Achimota Senior Secondary School B Field, Accra T20I Match referee
25 Mar 2026 St Helena v Seychelles Achimota Senior Secondary School A Field, Accra T20I Match referee
24 Mar 2026 Seychelles v Ghana Achimota Senior Secondary School B Field, Accra T20I Match referee
24 Mar 2026 Eswatini v St Helena Achimota Senior Secondary School A Field, Accra T20I Match referee
24 Mar 2026 Malawi v Tanzania Achimota Senior Secondary School A Field, Accra T20I Match referee
27 Jul 2025 Nigeria v Kenya Entebbe Cricket Oval T20I Match referee
27 Jul 2025 Uganda v United Arab Emirates Entebbe Cricket Oval T20I Match referee
26 Jul 2025 United Arab Emirates v Nigeria Entebbe Cricket Oval T20I Match referee
25 Jul 2025 Kenya v Uganda Entebbe Cricket Oval T20I Match referee
23 Jul 2025 Kenya v United Arab Emirates Entebbe Cricket Oval T20I Match referee
22 Jul 2025 Uganda v Nigeria Entebbe Cricket Oval T20I Match referee
21 Jul 2025 Nigeria v United Arab Emirates Entebbe Cricket Oval T20I Match referee

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Questions

How many matches has O Chirombe officiated?
O Chirombe has officiated 165 recorded matches, between 2008 and 2026.
How many Test matches has O Chirombe stood in?
O Chirombe appears in 7 Tests on record.
How many ODIs has O Chirombe stood in?
O Chirombe appears in 50 ODIs on record.
Which ground has O Chirombe officiated at most often?
Harare Sports Club, with 50 matches on record.
Who has O Chirombe stood with most often?
RB Tiffin, in 4 matches as an on-field pair.

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.