MA Gough

Cricket umpire Active

  • 605 matches officiated
  • 2011–2026 on record
  • 128 grounds
  • 70 teams
  • #9 of 1,490 by experience

Career by year

01020304050602011: 1 as reserve20112012: 4 as on-field2012: 2 as tv umpire2012: 4 as reserve2013: 12 as on-field2013: 3 as tv umpire2013: 6 as reserve20132014: 37 as on-field2014: 1 as tv umpire2014: 6 as reserve2015: 35 as on-field2015: 9 as tv umpire2015: 11 as reserve20152016: 34 as on-field2016: 11 as tv umpire2016: 5 as reserve2017: 37 as on-field2017: 6 as tv umpire2017: 5 as reserve20172018: 42 as on-field2018: 8 as tv umpire2018: 5 as reserve2019: 32 as on-field2019: 11 as tv umpire2019: 2 as reserve20192020: 19 as on-field2020: 5 as tv umpire2021: 24 as on-field2021: 9 as tv umpire20212022: 34 as on-field2022: 9 as tv umpire2022: 4 as reserve2023: 31 as on-field2023: 13 as tv umpire2023: 2 as reserve20232024: 29 as on-field2024: 14 as tv umpire2024: 1 as reserve2025: 44 as on-field2025: 12 as tv umpire2025: 1 as reserve20252026: 19 as on-field2026: 6 as tv umpire2026
  • On-field
  • TV umpire
  • Reserve

By format

Test67
ODI152
T20I74
First-class60
List A49
T20203
Women's matches25

By role

On-field 433
TV umpire 119
Reserve 53

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

  • 438reviews against his calls
  • 87upheld
  • 351overturned
  • 20%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 96 25 (26%)
T20 72 13 (18%)
T20I 17 2 (12%)
Test 253 47 (19%)

First and most recent

First on record England v IndiaT20I31 Aug 2011Old Trafford
Most recent Trent Rockets v Manchester Super GiantsT2016 Aug 2026Lord's, London

Stood with most often

Grounds

  • Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street27
  • Edgbaston, Birmingham20
  • County Ground20
  • Headingley, Leeds19
  • Old Trafford19
  • Trent Bridge, Nottingham18
  • Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore18
  • Riverside Ground17
  • Edgbaston17
  • The Rose Bowl16
  • Old Trafford, Manchester14
  • Dubai International Cricket Stadium14

Teams

  • England97
  • Australia69
  • India63
  • Sri Lanka61
  • New Zealand60
  • Pakistan58
  • Durham41
  • Lancashire36
  • West Indies36
  • Nottinghamshire33
  • Warwickshire32
  • Bangladesh32

Competitions

  • Indian Premier League50
  • Pakistan Super League45
  • Royal London One-Day Cup43
  • NatWest T20 Blast42
  • Vitality Blast Men28
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup25
  • Specsavers County Championship24
  • County Championship20
  • ICC Cricket World Cup16
  • LV= County Championship16
  • The Hundred Men's Competition15
  • Vitality Blast15

Milestones

50th match Lancashire v Nottinghamshire 13 Jul 2014
100th match England v New Zealand 12 Jun 2015
200th match Nottinghamshire v Somerset 13 Jun 2017
300th match Australia v Pakistan 27 Mar 2019
400th match Lahore Qalandars v Islamabad United 25 Feb 2022
500th match South Africa v Bangladesh 10 Jun 2024

Recent matches

DateMatch FormatRole
16 Aug 2026 Trent Rockets v Manchester Super Giants Lord's, London T20 On-field
12 Aug 2026 MI London v Birmingham Phoenix Edgbaston, Birmingham T20 TV umpire
12 Aug 2026 MI London v Birmingham Phoenix Edgbaston, Birmingham T20 TV umpire
5 Aug 2026 Welsh Fire v Manchester Super Giants Old Trafford, Manchester T20 On-field
4 Aug 2026 Sunrisers Leeds v London Spirit Headingley, Leeds T20 On-field
2 Aug 2026 Trent Rockets v Sunrisers Leeds Trent Bridge, Nottingham T20 On-field
18 Jul 2026 Northamptonshire v Hampshire Edgbaston, Birmingham T20 TV umpire
18 Jul 2026 Northamptonshire v Somerset Edgbaston, Birmingham T20 TV umpire
15 Jul 2026 Yorkshire v Somerset Headingley, Leeds T20 TV umpire
12 Jul 2026 Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire Headingley, Leeds T20 On-field
10 Jul 2026 Lancashire v Yorkshire Old Trafford, Manchester T20 On-field
5 Jul 2026 Nottinghamshire v Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street T20 On-field
3 Jul 2026 Nottinghamshire v Lancashire Trent Bridge, Nottingham T20 On-field
28 Jun 2026 Worcestershire v Somerset County Ground, New Road, Worcester T20 On-field
19 Jun 2026 Northamptonshire v Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street First-class On-field
12 Jun 2026 Yorkshire v Warwickshire North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough First-class On-field
9 Jun 2026 Durham v Lancashire Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street T20 On-field
5 Jun 2026 Yorkshire v Lancashire Headingley, Leeds T20 TV umpire
24 May 2026 Durham v Hampshire Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street T20 On-field
24 May 2026 Leicestershire v Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street T20 On-field

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Questions

How many matches has MA Gough officiated?
MA Gough has officiated 605 recorded matches, between 2011 and 2026.
How many Test matches has MA Gough stood in?
MA Gough appears in 67 Tests on record.
How many ODIs has MA Gough stood in?
MA Gough appears in 152 ODIs on record.
How often are MA Gough's decisions upheld on review?
Of 438 player reviews recorded against his decisions, 87 were upheld -- 20 per cent. This counts only decisions a side chose to review, so it is not an overall accuracy figure.
Which ground has MA Gough officiated at most often?
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, with 27 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.