Rizwan Akram (born 26 September 1979) is a Dutch cricket
umpire
An umpire is an official in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection.
The term derives from the Old French , , and , : (as evidenced in cricke ...
and former cricketer.
In April 2018, he was appointed to the
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the global Sports governing body, governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from Australia, England, and South Africa. In 1965, the body wa ...
's (ICC) Panel of Development Umpires.
He was 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 made his
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) umpiring debut, in a match between
the Netherlands and Ireland.
On 1 August 2018, he stood in his first
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) match, when the visiting
Nepal and the Netherlands played in
Amstelveen
Amstelveen () is a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands, with a population of 95,996 as of 202 ...
.
He was 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 Men's Cricke ...
in the West Indies.
He had umpired in 45 ODIs and T20Is by August 2021.
See also
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List of One Day International cricket umpires
This is a list of umpire (cricket), cricket umpires who have officiated at least one men's One Day International (ODI) match. As of October 2022, 418 umpires have officiated in an ODI match. The first ODI match took place on 5 January 1971 between ...
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List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires
This is a list of cricket umpires who have officiated in at least one men's Twenty20 International (T20I) match. , 512 umpires have officiated in a men's T20I match.
On 20 January 2019, Qatar's Shivani Mishra became the first female on-field u ...
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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