Adrian Holdstock (born 27 April 1970) is a South African cricket umpire and former cricketer who now serves as an ICC international cricket umpire. He is part of

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's umpire panel for first-class matches.

Career

Holdstock played for

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between 1989 and 1993 before playing for Boland from 1993 to 1995. After retiring as a cricketer, Holdstock took up umpiring. He made his

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umpiring debut in 2006 and his first class debut in 2007. In 2011, Holdstock made his international Twenty20 debut. He umpired in three

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games in 2013. In January 2020, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires for the

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tournament in South Africa. On 26 December 2020, Holdstock stood in his first

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as an umpire, in the first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka. He was selected as one of the match officials for

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. In March 2023, Holdstock and

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from Pakistan were inducted into the

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after

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left the panel. He was one of the sixteen match officials for

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Holdstock, Adrian 1970 births Living people South African cricket umpires South African Test cricket umpires South African One Day International cricket umpires South African Twenty20 International cricket umpires People from Cape Town Boland cricketers Western Province cricketers

Career

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