SJ Davis

Match referee Active

  • 641 matches officiated
  • 2003–2026 on record
  • 132 grounds
  • 85 teams
  • #8 of 1,490 by experience

Career by year

02550752003: 1 as on-field2003: 5 as tv umpire20032004: 3 as on-field2004: 4 as tv umpire2005: 5 as on-field2005: 2 as tv umpire20052006: 7 as on-field2006: 3 as tv umpire2007: 17 as on-field2007: 11 as tv umpire2007: 2 as reserve20072008: 22 as on-field2008: 6 as tv umpire2009: 23 as on-field2009: 5 as tv umpire2009: 3 as reserve20092010: 17 as on-field2010: 7 as tv umpire2010: 3 as reserve2011: 14 as on-field2011: 3 as tv umpire2011: 4 as reserve20112012: 22 as on-field2012: 6 as tv umpire2012: 3 as reserve2013: 27 as on-field2013: 12 as tv umpire2013: 5 as reserve20132014: 18 as on-field2014: 14 as tv umpire2014: 3 as reserve2015: 11 as on-field2015: 10 as tv umpire2015: 1 as reserve2015: 2 as match referee20152016: 1 as match referee2017: 1 as match referee201720192020: 21 as match referee2021: 65 as match referee20212022: 57 as match referee2023: 54 as match referee20232024: 54 as match referee2025: 60 as match referee20252026: 27 as match referee2026
  • On-field
  • TV umpire
  • Reserve
  • Match referee

By format

Test70
ODI148
T20I67
First-class86
List A61
T20209
Women's matches80

By role

On-field 187
TV umpire 88
Reserve 24
Match referee 342

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

  • 140reviews against his calls
  • 38upheld
  • 102overturned
  • 27%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 34 10 (29%)
Test 106 28 (26%)

First and most recent

First on record Australia v EnglandODI11 Jan 2003Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Most recent Southern Brave v Welsh FireT203 Aug 2026Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Stood with most often

Grounds

  • Adelaide Oval56
  • County Ground, Chelmsford24
  • Kennington Oval, London21
  • Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide21
  • The Rose Bowl, Southampton20
  • Edgbaston, Birmingham16
  • St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury15
  • The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton14
  • Lord's, London14
  • Kingsmead13
  • Lord's12
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium12

Teams

  • England87
  • Sri Lanka71
  • New Zealand66
  • South Africa63
  • Pakistan60
  • India50
  • West Indies49
  • Essex36
  • Australia33
  • Adelaide Strikers32
  • Hampshire31
  • South Australia27

Competitions

  • County Championship63
  • Vitality Blast53
  • Big Bash League46
  • ICC World Twenty2039
  • Women's Big Bash League25
  • The Hundred Women's Competition22
  • ICC Cricket World Cup21
  • Vitality Blast Men20
  • The Hundred Men's Competition19
  • One-Day Cup19
  • Sheffield Shield19
  • VB Series14

Milestones

50th match Kenya v New Zealand12 Sep 2007
100th match England v South Africa11 Jun 2009
200th match India v England15 Jan 2013
300th match Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars19 Dec 2015
400th match Middlesex v Derbyshire7 Apr 2022
500th match Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Stars31 Dec 2023

Recent matches

DateMatch FormatRole
3 Aug 2026 Southern Brave v Welsh FireSophia Gardens, Cardiff T20 Match referee
2 Aug 2026 MI London v Manchester Super GiantsKennington Oval, London T20 Match referee
30 Jul 2026 Southern Brave v Birmingham PhoenixThe Rose Bowl, Southampton T20 Match referee
28 Jul 2026 Leicestershire v NottinghamshireTrent Bridge, Nottingham List A Match referee
26 Jul 2026 Somerset v WarwickshireThe Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton List A Match referee
24 Jul 2026 Glamorgan v YorkshireThe Gnoll, Neath List A Match referee
21 Jul 2026 MI London v Sunrisers LeedsKennington Oval, London T20 Match referee
15 Jul 2026 Gloucestershire v NorthamptonshireCounty Ground, Northampton T20 Match referee
12 Jul 2026 Sussex v HampshireCounty Ground, Hove T20 Match referee
10 Jul 2026 Kent v SurreySt Lawrence Ground, Canterbury T20 Match referee
3 Jul 2026 Surrey v The BlazeTrent Bridge, Nottingham T20 Match referee
3 Jul 2026 Nottinghamshire v LancashireTrent Bridge, Nottingham T20 Match referee
1 Jul 2026 Surrey v EssexCounty Ground, Chelmsford T20 Match referee
28 Jun 2026 Durham v MiddlesexOld Deer Park, Richmond T20 Match referee
19 Jun 2026 Kent v MiddlesexSt Lawrence Ground, Canterbury First-class Match referee
7 Jun 2026 Gloucestershire v WorcestershireCounty Ground, Bristol T20 Match referee
31 May 2026 Lancashire v EssexCounty Ground, Chelmsford T20 Match referee
31 May 2026 Derbyshire v EssexCounty Ground, Chelmsford T20 Match referee
29 May 2026 Gloucestershire v NorthamptonshireCounty Ground, Northampton T20 Match referee
22 May 2026 Somerset v HampshireThe Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton T20 Match referee

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Questions

How many matches has SJ Davis officiated?
SJ Davis has officiated 641 recorded matches, between 2003 and 2026.
How many Test matches has SJ Davis stood in?
SJ Davis appears in 70 Tests on record.
How many ODIs has SJ Davis stood in?
SJ Davis appears in 148 ODIs on record.
How often are SJ Davis's decisions upheld on review?
Of 140 player reviews recorded against his decisions, 38 were upheld -- 27 per cent. This counts only decisions a side chose to review, so it is not an overall accuracy figure.
Which ground has SJ Davis officiated at most often?
Adelaide Oval, with 56 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.