Rizwan Akram (born 26 September 1979) is a Dutch former
cricket
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er and now an
umpire
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The term derives from the Old French nonper, ''non'', "not" and ''per'', ...
.
In April 2018, he was appointed to the
International Cricket Council
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's (ICC) Panel of Development Umpires.
In June 2018, he was named as one of the umpires for the
2018 Netherlands Tri-Nation Series
The 2018 Netherlands Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament, that took place in June 2018 in the Netherlands. It was a tri-nation series between Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland, with all the matches played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) ...
.
On 12 June 2018, he stood in his first
Twenty20 International
A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the ...
(T20I) match, between
the Netherlands and Ireland.
On 1 August 2018, he stood in his first
One Day International
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(ODI) match, between
the Netherlands and Nepal.
In January 2022, he was named as one of the on-field umpires for the
2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
The 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament that was held in the West Indies in January and February 2022 with sixteen teams taking part. It was the fourteenth edition of the Under-19 Cricket Wor ...
in the West Indies.
See also
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List of One Day International cricket umpires
This is a list of cricket umpires
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each co ...
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List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires
This is a list of cricket umpires
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each co ...
References
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1979 births
Living people
Dutch cricket umpires
Dutch One Day International cricket umpires
Dutch Twenty20 International cricket umpires
Sportspeople from Amsterdam
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