Phillip J. Gillespie (born 23 October 1975) is an Australian

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. A member of the Australian National Umpire Panel, Gillespie has umpired 6

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matches, 10

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, 9

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, 10 Twenty20 matches and 9 Women's Twenty20 matches .

Career

He began his career in umpiring after suffering injuries to his Achilles tendon, jaw and knee whilst playing for Rowville Cricket Club in Melbourne. Wanting to stay in the game, he began umpiring in the

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competition in 2009. Making his List A debut in the fixture between the England Lions and

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during the February 2013 tour, he has officiated in eight

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matches. Gillespie has also umpired two

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matches including the semi-final between

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and

in 2015. Gillespie umpired six matches during the 2015–16 Big Bash League season and a further four the following season. In women's Twenty20, he umpired his first match during the 2012–13

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. He has also stood in

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matches including the second semi final of the 2016–17 season where the

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defeated the

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the Gabba The Brisbane Cricket Ground, commonly known as the Gabba, is a major sports stadium in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. The nickname Gabba derives from the suburb of Woolloongabba, in which it is located. Over the years, the Gab ...

. He made his first-class debut on 15 February 2015 in the

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in the round 7 match between

and Victoria at

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where

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took a

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from his

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. He has since umpired a further nine matches with the latest the clash between

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and

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in March 2017. Gillespie made his international umpiring debut during the

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tour of Australia in 2014, standing in all four WODI matches. Most recently, he umpired the final two WODIs of the South Africa in Australia WODI series in November 2016 at the

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. In February 2017, he umpired three matches in the 2016–17

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East Asia–Pacific Region Qualifiers –

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versus the

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at the

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; the Philippines against

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at Canterbury Park in

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and Fiji against Vanuatu at Dower Park in Kangaroo Flat. Gillespie was accepted into the 2015 intake of the

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National Officiating Scholarship program where he will undertake professional development and identified training activities to be able to officiate the elite level. In May 2015, he replaced

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on the 2015–16 National Umpire Panel. On 7 October 2022, he stood in his first

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(T20I) match, between Australia and West Indies.

Personal life

Gillespie was born 23 October 1975 in Frankston, an outer-suburb of

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, Australia. A supporter of the

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in the

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, his day job is a police officer in the Victorian Police Force.

References

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