Adrian Holdstock (born 27 April 1970) is a South African cricket umpire and former cricketer who now serves as an ICC international cricket umpire.[1] He is part of Cricket South Africa's umpire panel for first-class matches.[2]
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| Full name | Adrian Thomas Holdstock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 April 1970 Cape Town, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Umpire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989/90–1992/93 | Western Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993/94–1995/96 | Boland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Umpiring information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tests umpired | 11 (2020–2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODIs umpired | 59 (2013–2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20Is umpired | 55 (2011–2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WODIs umpired | 17 (2009–2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WT20Is umpired | 7 (2009–2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 November 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career
Holdstock played for Western Province between 1989 and 1993 before playing for Boland from 1993 to 1995.[3] After retiring as a cricketer, Holdstock took up umpiring. He made his list A umpiring debut in 2006 and his first class debut in 2007.[4][5]
In 2011, Holdstock made his international Twenty20 debut.[6] He umpired in three One Day International games in 2013.[7] In January 2020, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup tournament in South Africa.[8]
On 26 December 2020, Holdstock stood in his first Test match as an umpire, in the first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka.[9]
He was selected as one of the match officials for 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[10]In March 2023, Holdstock and Ahsan Raza from Pakistan were inducted into the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires after Aleem Dar left the panel.[11][12]
He was one of the sixteen match officials for 2023 Cricket World Cup.[13][14]