Jeffrey Howard Evans (7 August 1954 – 20 April 2025) was a Welsh cricket

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who stood in over 200 first-class and

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matches after being named to the ECB Umpires List in 1999. He stood in over 100

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matches since the inception of the format in 2003. Evans also officiated in four Women's ODIs between 2002 and 2014, as well as the match between India Women and New Zealand Women in the Women's T20 Quadrangular Series in England in 2011. Born in

Llanelli ; ) is a market town and community (Wales), community in Carmarthenshire and the Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is on the estuary of the River Loughor and is the largest town in the Principal areas of Wales, ...

, Carmarthenshire, he also umpired matches in the ICL 20-20 Indian Championship 2007–08. Evans died in Drefach, Carmarthenshire on 20 April 2025, at the age of 70.

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