Alex Dowdalls

Alex Dowdalls
Personal information
Full name
Alex Dowdalls
Born (1960-01-30) 30 January 1960 (age 64)
RoleUmpire
Umpiring information
ODIs umpired8 (2017–2019)
T20Is umpired6 (2017–2018)
WT20Is umpired7 (2011–2021)
Source: Cricinfo, 21 August 2019

Alex Dowdalls (born 30 January 1960) is a Scottish cricket umpire.[1][2][3]

Alex began umpiring in 1993 with his first appointment with the European Cricket Council was in 1999, an ICC under-19 World Cup qualifier in Penicuik between Ireland and Denmark.[4]

He stood in matches during the 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament in Jersey.[5][6]

On 15 January 2017 he made his Twenty20 International (T20I) umpiring debut in a match between Oman and the Netherlands in the 2017 Desert T20 Challenge.[7] His first One Day International (ODI) match as an umpire was between the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong on 26 January 2017.[8] He was one of the eight on-field umpires for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[9]

In August 2019, during the 2019 Scotland Tri-Nation Series match between Scotland and Papua New Guinea , Dowdalls umpired in his 250th international match, the most by any Scottish umpire.[10]

  1. ^ "Alex Dowdalls". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Coatbridge umpire to take charge of Aussies". Daily Record. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  3. ^ "3 Scottish Officials named on ICC Umpire panel". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Alex Dowdalls marks 250 international appearances – Cricket Scotland". Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Jersey ready to host ICC World Cricket League Division 5". ICC. Archived from the original on 21 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  6. ^ "ICC World Cricket League Division Five, Nigeria v Oman at St Clement, May 22, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Desert T20 Challenge, 3rd Match, Group B: Netherlands v Oman at Abu Dhabi, Jan 15, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  8. ^ "United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series, 3rd Match: United Arab Emirates v Hong Kong at Dubai (DSC), Jan 26, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  9. ^ "All to play for in last ever World Cricket League tournament". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Alex Dowdalls marks 250 international appearances". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 20 August 2019.