CM Brown

Cricket umpire Active

  • 402 matches officiated
  • 2014–2026 on record
  • 82 grounds
  • 44 teams
  • #45 of 1,489 by experience

Career by year

01020304050602014: 4 as on-field20142015: 5 as on-field20152016: 11 as on-field2016: 3 as reserve20162017: 19 as on-field2017: 3 as tv umpire2017: 6 as reserve20172018: 18 as on-field2018: 3 as tv umpire2018: 7 as reserve20182019: 26 as on-field2019: 3 as tv umpire2019: 10 as reserve20192020: 27 as on-field2020: 5 as tv umpire2020: 2 as reserve20202021: 29 as on-field2021: 11 as tv umpire2021: 6 as reserve20212022: 16 as on-field2022: 12 as tv umpire2022: 2 as reserve20222023: 21 as on-field2023: 11 as tv umpire2023: 7 as reserve20232024: 27 as on-field2024: 10 as tv umpire2024: 4 as reserve20242025: 36 as on-field2025: 9 as tv umpire2025: 7 as reserve20252026: 20 as on-field2026: 16 as tv umpire2026: 6 as reserve2026
  • On-field
  • TV umpire
  • Reserve

By format

Test23
ODI80
T20I144
First-class39
List A6
T20110
Women's matches64

By role

On-field 259
TV umpire 83
Reserve 60

A match can appear under two roles — standing in one innings and sitting as third umpire is one match, counted once in the total above.

Decision reviews

  • 201reviews against his calls
  • 60upheld
  • 141overturned
  • 30%upheld rate

Counted from ball-by-ball records, which name the umpire whose decision was reviewed. This is not an accuracy rating. It covers only the decisions a side chose to challenge — a small and deliberately unrepresentative sample of the calls made in a match.

FormatReviewsUpheld
ODI 62 26 (42%)
T20 14 1 (7%)
T20I 42 16 (38%)
Test 83 17 (20%)

First and most recent

First on record Canterbury v Otago VoltsFirst-class23 Jan 2014University Oval, Dunedin
Most recent Quetta Gladiators v Karachi KingsT2025 Apr 2026Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Stood with most often

Grounds

  • Seddon Park, Hamilton25
  • Hagley Oval, Christchurch24
  • Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui22
  • Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland19
  • Bay Oval18
  • Seddon Park17
  • Eden Park15
  • Eden Park, Auckland14
  • Basin Reserve, Wellington13
  • McLean Park, Napier11
  • University Oval, Dunedin11
  • Hagley Oval11

Teams

  • New Zealand158
  • India42
  • Auckland41
  • Northern Districts40
  • Pakistan39
  • Central Districts38
  • West Indies36
  • England36
  • Canterbury36
  • Australia35
  • South Africa34
  • Bangladesh31

Competitions

  • Super Smash53
  • Plunket Shield38
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup35
  • Women's Super Smash27
  • Pakistan tour of New Zealand26
  • Pakistan Super League22
  • West Indies tour of New Zealand21
  • India tour of New Zealand20
  • Bangladesh tour of New Zealand16
  • Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand13
  • Australia tour of New Zealand12
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier12

Milestones

50th match New Zealand v West Indies26 Dec 2017
100th match Bermuda v Singapore20 Oct 2019
200th match New Zealand v Bangladesh9 Jan 2022
300th match Bangladesh v India27 Sep 2024
400th match Karachi Kings v Peshawar Zalmi22 Apr 2026

Recent matches

DateMatch FormatRole
25 Apr 2026 Quetta Gladiators v Karachi KingsGaddafi Stadium, Lahore T20 On-field
23 Apr 2026 Lahore Qalandars v Karachi KingsGaddafi Stadium, Lahore T20 TV umpire
22 Apr 2026 Karachi Kings v Peshawar ZalmiGaddafi Stadium, Lahore T20 TV umpire
21 Apr 2026 Lahore Qalandars v Quetta GladiatorsGaddafi Stadium, Lahore T20 TV umpire
19 Apr 2026 Peshawar Zalmi v Quetta GladiatorsNational Stadium, Karachi T20 On-field
17 Apr 2026 Lahore Qalandars v Quetta GladiatorsNational Stadium, Karachi T20 On-field
16 Apr 2026 Rawalpindiz v Hyderabad KingsmenNational Stadium, Karachi T20 On-field
15 Apr 2026 Quetta Gladiators v Peshawar ZalmiNational Stadium, Karachi T20 On-field
13 Apr 2026 Peshawar Zalmi v Multan SultansNational Stadium, Karachi T20 TV umpire
9 Apr 2026 Lahore Qalandars v Islamabad UnitedNational Stadium, Karachi T20 On-field
4 Apr 2026 Rawalpindiz v Islamabad UnitedGaddafi Stadium, Lahore T20 TV umpire
2 Apr 2026 Quetta Gladiators v Islamabad UnitedGaddafi Stadium, Lahore T20 TV umpire
29 Mar 2026 Quetta Gladiators v Hyderabad KingsmenGaddafi Stadium, Lahore T20 TV umpire
25 Mar 2026 South Africa v New ZealandHagley Oval, Christchurch T20I Reserve
25 Mar 2026 New Zealand v South AfricaHagley Oval, Christchurch T20I On-field
22 Mar 2026 South Africa v New ZealandSky Stadium, Wellington T20I TV umpire
22 Mar 2026 South Africa v New ZealandSky Stadium, Wellington T20I TV umpire
20 Mar 2026 South Africa v New ZealandEden Park, Auckland T20I On-field
20 Mar 2026 South Africa v New ZealandEden Park, Auckland T20I Reserve
17 Mar 2026 New Zealand v South AfricaSeddon Park, Hamilton T20I On-field

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Questions

How many matches has CM Brown officiated?
CM Brown has officiated 402 recorded matches, between 2014 and 2026.
How many Test matches has CM Brown stood in?
CM Brown appears in 23 Tests on record.
How many ODIs has CM Brown stood in?
CM Brown appears in 80 ODIs on record.
How often are CM Brown's decisions upheld on review?
Of 201 player reviews recorded against his decisions, 60 were upheld -- 30 per cent. This counts only decisions a side chose to review, so it is not an overall accuracy figure.
Which ground has CM Brown officiated at most often?
Seddon Park, Hamilton, with 25 matches on record.

Other officials

Figures updated 17 Aug 2026.

Ball-by-ball records begin in 2002; matches before that are counted where an official record names the officials. A match with no officials recorded does not appear here.