Roland Black (born 22 July 1971) is a Northern Irish

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. He has been an umpire since 2006. He was added to ICC Associate and Affiliate Umpires Panel in 2016. On 14 July 2016 he stood in his first

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(ODI) match, between Ireland and Afghanistan. He was initially appointed to stand in the match between the two sides on 10 July, but the match was abandoned due to rain without a ball being bowled. On 5 September 2016 he stood in his first

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match, between Ireland and Hong Kong. On 30 May 2017, he was one of the two on-field umpires for the

2017 Inter-Provincial Championship The 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship was the fifth edition of the Inter-Provincial Championship, a first-class cricket competition played in Ireland. It was held from 30 May to 7 September 2017. It was the first edition of the competition to b ...

match between

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and

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. This was the maiden first-class match in the

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

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, the first time that Cricket Ireland have offered such contracts to umpires. In October 2019, he was appointed as one of the twelve umpires to officiate matches in the

2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier The 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament held during October and November 2019 in the United Arab Emirates to determine which teams would qualify for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. The six teams finishing ...

tournament in the United Arab Emirates. In January 2020, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires for the

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tournament in South Africa. In January 2022, he was named as one of the on-field umpires for the

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in the West Indies. He was also one of the two on-field umpires for the final of the tournament. In May 2022, Black was part of an umpire exchange initiative with the

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(ECB).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Black, Roland 1971 births Living people Irish cricket umpires Irish One Day International cricket umpires Irish Twenty20 International cricket umpires Sportspeople from Derry (city)

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