R Black

Cricket umpire Active

  • 253 matches officiated
  • 2015–2026 on record
  • 55 grounds
  • 44 teams
  • #98 of 1,489 by experience

Career by year

0102030402015: 3 as on-field2015: 3 as reserve20152016: 4 as on-field2016: 1 as reserve20162017: 7 as on-field2017: 4 as reserve20172018: 14 as on-field2018: 4 as reserve20182019: 21 as on-field2019: 1 as tv umpire2019: 8 as reserve20192020: 3 as on-field20202021: 25 as on-field2021: 4 as tv umpire2021: 2 as reserve20212022: 16 as on-field2022: 3 as tv umpire2022: 1 as reserve20222023: 22 as on-field2023: 2 as tv umpire2023: 8 as reserve20232024: 25 as on-field2024: 3 as tv umpire2024: 5 as reserve20242025: 29 as on-field2025: 1 as tv umpire2025: 7 as reserve2025: 1 as match referee20252026: 16 as on-field2026: 3 as tv umpire2026: 7 as reserve2026
  • On-field
  • TV umpire
  • Reserve
  • Match referee

By format

Test1
ODI86
T20I89
First-class1
List A34
T2042
Women's matches33

By role

On-field 185
TV umpire 17
Reserve 50
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

  • 42reviews against his calls
  • 6upheld
  • 36overturned
  • 14%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 29 5 (17%)
T20 4 0 (0%)
T20I 9 1 (11%)

First and most recent

First on record Ireland v EnglandODI8 May 2015The Village, Malahide
Most recent Netherlands v NamibiaODI31 Jul 2026Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht

Stood with most often

Grounds

  • Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast31
  • Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason, Bready21
  • Pembroke Cricket Club, Sandymount, Dublin14
  • Castle Avenue, Dublin11
  • Grange Cricket Club Ground, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh11
  • ICC Academy10
  • Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht9
  • The Village, Malahide, Dublin9
  • Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg8
  • The Green, Comber8
  • The Village, Malahide8
  • Mardyke, Cork7

Teams

  • Ireland90
  • North-West Warriors39
  • Leinster Lightning33
  • Scotland32
  • Netherlands31
  • Northern Knights31
  • Munster Reds25
  • Zimbabwe19
  • South Africa17
  • New Zealand14
  • United Arab Emirates14
  • Bangladesh14

Competitions

  • Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy37
  • ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 230
  • Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup27
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier12
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier11
  • ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier9
  • ICC Women's T20 Qualifier9
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Region Final8
  • Zimbabwe tour of Ireland and Scotland8
  • Ireland Tri-Nation Series8
  • New Zealand tour of Ireland7
  • India tour of Ireland6

Milestones

50th match Ireland v Zimbabwe 12 Jul 2019
100th match Ireland v Zimbabwe 10 Sep 2021
200th match West Indies v Ireland 25 May 2025

Recent matches

DateMatch FormatRole
31 Jul 2026 Netherlands v Namibia Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht ODI On-field
29 Jul 2026 Netherlands v Nepal Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht ODI On-field
27 Jul 2026 Namibia v Nepal Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht ODI Reserve
25 Jul 2026 Netherlands v Namibia Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht ODI On-field
23 Jul 2026 Nepal v Netherlands Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht ODI On-field
21 Jul 2026 Nepal v Namibia Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht ODI Reserve
15 Jul 2026 West Indies v Ireland Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason, Bready ODI On-field
12 Jul 2026 Ireland v West Indies Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason, Bready ODI TV umpire
10 Jul 2026 Ireland v West Indies Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason, Bready ODI On-field
7 Jul 2026 Northern Knights v Leinster Lightning Pembroke Cricket Club, Sandymount, Dublin List A On-field
30 Jun 2026 Leinster Lightning v North-West Warriors Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason, Bready List A On-field
28 Jun 2026 Ireland v India Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast T20I TV umpire
26 Jun 2026 Ireland v India Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast T20I On-field
16 Jun 2026 Netherlands v Canada Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City ODI On-field
12 Jun 2026 Canada v United States of America Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City ODI On-field
10 Jun 2026 Netherlands v Canada Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City ODI On-field
8 Jun 2026 Netherlands v United States of America Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City ODI Reserve
6 Jun 2026 Canada v United States of America Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City ODI On-field
2 Jun 2026 Leinster Lightning v North-West Warriors Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason, Bready T20 On-field
27 May 2026 New Zealand v Ireland Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast Test TV umpire

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Questions

How many matches has R Black officiated?
R Black has officiated 253 recorded matches, between 2015 and 2026.
How many Test matches has R Black stood in?
R Black appears in 1 Tests on record.
How many ODIs has R Black stood in?
R Black appears in 86 ODIs on record.
How often are R Black's decisions upheld on review?
Of 42 player reviews recorded against his decisions, 6 were upheld -- 14 per cent. This counts only decisions a side chose to review, so it is not an overall accuracy figure.
Which ground has R Black officiated at most often?
Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast, with 31 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.