Wayne Roger Knights (born 25 August 1970) is a New Zealand 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 nonper, ''non'', "not" and ''per'', ...
.
Along with
Tim Parlane
Tim Parlane (born 28 December 1957) is a New Zealand cricket umpire. Along with Wayne Knights he umpired the final of the 2015–16 Ford Trophy
The 2015–16 Ford Trophy was the 45th season of the official List A cricket tournament in New Z ...
, Knights umpired the final of the
2015–16 Ford Trophy
The 2015–16 Ford Trophy was the 45th season of the official List A cricket tournament in New Zealand, and the fifth in a sponsorship deal between New Zealand Cricket and Ford Motor Company. The competition ran from 27 December 2015 to 30 Jan ...
, in January 2016.
He was added to the
ICC International Panel of Umpires in June 2016.
He stood in his first
One Day International
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World C ...
(ODI) match on 26 December 2016, between
New Zealand and Bangladesh.
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 on 3 January 2017, also between New Zealand and Bangladesh.
He was named as one of the twelve on field umpires for the
2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20
The 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was the sixth edition of the ICC Women's World Twenty20, hosted in the West Indies from 9 to 24 November 2018. It the second World Twenty20 hosted by the West Indies (after the 2010 edition), and the West Ind ...
in October 2018. He was named as one of the sixteen umpires in January 2020, for the
2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
The 2020 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament that was held in South Africa from 17 January to 9 February 2020. It was the thirteenth edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and the second to be ...
, in South Africa. He stood in his first
Test
Test(s), testing, or TEST may refer to:
* Test (assessment), an educational assessment intended to measure the respondents' knowledge or other abilities
Arts and entertainment
* ''Test'' (2013 film), an American film
* ''Test'' (2014 film), ...
match on 3 December 2020, between
New Zealand and the West Indies.
In January 2023, he was named as one of the on-field umpires for the
2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.
See also
*
List of Test cricket umpires
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
*
List of One Day International cricket umpires
This is a list of 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 Australia and E ...
*
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. As of January 2023, 345 umpires have officiated in a men's T20I match. In November 2020, in the second T20I between Pakistan and Zi ...
References
External links
*
1970 births
Living people
New Zealand Test cricket umpires
New Zealand cricket umpires
New Zealand One Day International cricket umpires
New Zealand Twenty20 International cricket umpires
People from Auckland
{{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1970s-stub