Chris Gaffaney
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| Full name | Christopher Blair Gaffaney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
30 November 1975 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman, Umpire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1995–2005 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 17 January 1996 Otago v Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 20 March 2005 Otago v Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 26 November 1995 Otago v Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last List A | 10 February 2007 Otago v Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tests umpired | 12 (2014–2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODIs umpired | 46 (2010–2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20Is umpired | 20 (2010–2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 26 November 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Christopher Blair Gaffaney (born 30 November 1975) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for the Otago Volts. A right-handed batsman, he played in 83 First-Class matches and 113 List-A matches. At present he serves as an international cricket umpire. Gaffaney is currently a member of the ICC Elite umpire panel and officiates in Tests, ODIs and T20Is.
Gaffaney made his ODI umpiring debut in a match played between Canada and Ireland at Toronto in September 2010. He served as an umpire on the ICC International Panel of Umpires and later stood in his first Test match in a game between Zimbabwe and South Africa at Harare in August 2014.
Gaffaney was thereafter selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the 2015 Cricket World Cup and stood in three matches as an on-field umpire during the tournament.[1] A few months later he was elevated to the ICC Elite umpire panel for 2015-16 as a result of his several consistent performances.[2]
Umpiring statistics
As of 26 November 2016:
| First | Latest | Total | |
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| Tests |  Zimbabwe v  South Africa at Harare, August 2014 |
 India v  England at Mohali, November 2016 |
12 |
| ODIs |  Canada v  Ireland at Toronto, September 2010 |
South Africa v England at Cape Town, February 2016 |
46 |
| T20Is |  New Zealand v  Bangladesh at Hamilton, February 2010 |
 Afghanistan v South Africa at Mumbai, March 2016 |
20 |
See also
- List of Test cricket umpires
- List of ODI cricket umpires
- List of T20I cricket umpires
- List of Otago representative cricketers
References
- ↑ "ICC announces match officials for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015". ICC Cricket. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ "S Ravi and Chris Gaffaney in Elite Panel". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
