MJ Saggers

Cricket umpire Active

  • 557 matches officiated
  • 2012–2026 on record
  • 61 grounds
  • 74 teams
  • #15 of 1,539 by experience

Career by year

02550752012: 1 as on-field20122013: 1 as on-field2013: 1 as reserve2014: 31 as on-field2014: 3 as tv umpire20142015: 32 as on-field2015: 4 as tv umpire2016: 35 as on-field2016: 4 as tv umpire20162017: 28 as on-field2017: 3 as tv umpire2018: 35 as on-field2018: 4 as tv umpire20182019: 28 as on-field2019: 4 as tv umpire2019: 2 as reserve2020: 9 as on-field2020: 4 as tv umpire2020: 5 as reserve20202021: 25 as on-field2021: 15 as tv umpire2021: 5 as reserve2022: 29 as on-field2022: 7 as tv umpire2022: 4 as reserve20222023: 46 as on-field2023: 14 as tv umpire2023: 9 as reserve2024: 47 as on-field2024: 7 as tv umpire2024: 13 as reserve20242025: 49 as on-field2025: 7 as tv umpire2025: 16 as reserve2026: 19 as on-field2026: 8 as tv umpire2026: 3 as reserve2026
  • On-field
  • TV umpire
  • Reserve

By format

Test11
ODI48
T20I60
First-class113
List A56
T20269
Women's matches52

By role

On-field 415
TV umpire 84
Reserve 58

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

  • 122reviews against his calls
  • 32upheld
  • 90overturned
  • 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 20 8 (40%)
T20 79 21 (27%)
T20I 23 3 (13%)

First and most recent

First on record England v IndiaT20I28 Jun 2012County Ground
Most recent Welsh Fire v Manchester Super GiantsT205 Aug 2026Old Trafford, Manchester

Stood with most often

Grounds

  • Kennington Oval, London39
  • The Rose Bowl, Southampton37
  • Lord's, London35
  • Edgbaston, Birmingham33
  • Trent Bridge, Nottingham28
  • Dubai International Cricket Stadium28
  • Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi23
  • County Ground23
  • County Ground, Hove18
  • Sharjah Cricket Stadium17
  • Old Trafford, Manchester16
  • Edgbaston16

Teams

  • England91
  • Surrey49
  • Nottinghamshire43
  • Somerset42
  • Hampshire42
  • Essex36
  • Middlesex34
  • Kent33
  • Yorkshire32
  • Sussex30
  • Lancashire29
  • Warwickshire29

Competitions

  • International League T2068
  • Vitality Blast53
  • The Hundred Men's Competition52
  • Royal London One-Day Cup51
  • NatWest T20 Blast45
  • County Championship44
  • Specsavers County Championship43
  • LV= County Championship26
  • The Hundred Women's Competition19
  • India tour of England14
  • Pakistan Super League14
  • Vitality Blast Men12

Milestones

50th match Somerset v Hampshire21 Jun 2015
100th match Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire15 Jul 2016
200th match England v Australia18 Jul 2019
300th match England v India17 Jul 2022
400th match Gulf Giants v MI Emirates8 Feb 2024
500th match London Spirit v Birmingham Phoenix17 Aug 2025

Recent matches

DateMatch FormatRole
5 Aug 2026 Welsh Fire v Manchester Super GiantsOld Trafford, Manchester T20 TV umpire
5 Aug 2026 Manchester Super Giants v Welsh FireOld Trafford, Manchester T20 TV umpire
1 Aug 2026 Birmingham Phoenix v Welsh FireEdgbaston, Birmingham T20 TV umpire
1 Aug 2026 Welsh Fire v Birmingham PhoenixEdgbaston, Birmingham T20 TV umpire
30 Jul 2026 Southern Brave v Birmingham PhoenixThe Rose Bowl, Southampton T20 On-field
29 Jul 2026 Welsh Fire v Trent RocketsSophia Gardens, Cardiff T20 On-field
27 Jul 2026 Southern Brave v MI LondonThe Rose Bowl, Southampton T20 On-field
26 Jul 2026 Northamptonshire v SurreyWoodbridge Road, Guildford List A On-field
23 Jul 2026 Manchester Super Giants v London SpiritLord's, London T20 TV umpire
23 Jul 2026 London Spirit v Manchester Super GiantsLord's, London T20 TV umpire
21 Jul 2026 Sunrisers Leeds v MI LondonKennington Oval, London T20 On-field
19 Jul 2026 England v IndiaLord's, London ODI On-field
16 Jul 2026 India v EnglandSophia Gardens, Cardiff ODI Reserve
11 Jul 2026 England v IndiaThe Rose Bowl, Southampton T20I TV umpire
9 Jul 2026 India v EnglandCounty Ground, Bristol T20I Reserve
7 Jul 2026 England v IndiaTrent Bridge, Nottingham T20I On-field
4 Jul 2026 India v EnglandOld Trafford, Manchester T20I On-field
1 Jul 2026 India v EnglandRiverside Ground, Chester-le-Street T20I TV umpire
25 Jun 2026 New Zealand v EnglandTrent Bridge, Nottingham Test Reserve
12 Jun 2026 Somerset v NottinghamshireTrent Bridge, Nottingham First-class On-field

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Questions

How many matches has MJ Saggers officiated?
MJ Saggers has officiated 557 recorded matches, between 2012 and 2026.
How many Test matches has MJ Saggers stood in?
MJ Saggers appears in 11 Tests on record.
How many ODIs has MJ Saggers stood in?
MJ Saggers appears in 48 ODIs on record.
How often are MJ Saggers's decisions upheld on review?
Of 122 player reviews recorded against his decisions, 32 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 MJ Saggers officiated at most often?
Kennington Oval, London, with 39 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.