Paul Reynolds (23 May 1973 – 17 October 2023) was an English

cricket umpire In cricket, an umpire (from the Old French meaning not a peer, i.e. not a member of one of the teams, impartial) is a person who has the authority to make decisions about events on the cricket field according to the ''Laws of Cricket''. Besides ...

representing

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

. In November 2016, he was named the Official of the Year at the

Cricket Ireland Cricket Ireland (formerly the Irish Cricket Union) is the national Sport governing body, governing body for cricket on the island of Ireland (both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland), and oversees the national Ireland cricket team, men' ...

Awards. In June 2018, he was appointed to the

International Panel of Umpires and Referees The International Panel of ICC Umpires was established by the ICC in 1994 following trial in 1992/3, to ensure that one neutral umpire would stand in every Test match.Twenty20 International Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of Twenty20 cricket, in which each team plays a single innings with a maximum of twenty overs. The matches are played between international teams recognized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). ...

(T20I), between Ireland and Afghanistan, on 22 August 2018. His

One Day International One Day International (ODI) is a format of cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of fifty overs, with the game lasting up to 7 hours. The World Cup, generally held every four yea ...

(ODI) umpiring debut match was also between

and

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

, on 29 August 2018. In April 2019, he was one of four umpires to be awarded a full-time season contract by

, the first time that Cricket Ireland had offered such contracts to umpires.

Death

Reynolds died on 17 October 2023, at the age of 50 following prolonged illness.

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1973 births 2023 deaths Irish One Day International cricket umpires Irish Twenty20 International cricket umpires Place of birth missing Sportspeople from Crawley Cricketers from West Sussex {{Ireland-cricket-bio-stub

Death

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