Neil Laurence Bainton (born 2 October 1970) is an English

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. He was born in

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in 1970. Bainton was appointed to the list of full-time first-class umpires in late 2005, having officiated his first first-class match in 2000. He has also officiated in several women's and youth internationals. He sits on the board of the ECB

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.Association of Cricket Officials Newsletter Issue 20 (Summer 2014)

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* 1970 births Living people People from Romford Cricketers from the London Borough of Havering English cricket umpires {{England-cricket-bio-1970s-stub