RK Illingworth

Cricket umpire Active

  • 650 matches officiated
  • 2005–2026 on record
  • 154 grounds
  • 65 teams
  • #7 of 1,518 by experience

Career by year

01020304050602005: 1 as on-field20052006: 1 as reserve2007: 1 as reserve20072008: 2 as reserve2009: 2 as reserve20092010: 3 as on-field2010: 6 as tv umpire2010: 5 as reserve2011: 8 as on-field2011: 5 as tv umpire2011: 5 as reserve20112012: 13 as on-field2012: 5 as tv umpire2012: 3 as reserve2013: 31 as on-field2013: 5 as tv umpire2013: 1 as reserve20132014: 36 as on-field2014: 10 as tv umpire2014: 7 as reserve2015: 41 as on-field2015: 12 as tv umpire2015: 2 as reserve20152016: 23 as on-field2016: 15 as tv umpire2016: 2 as reserve2017: 24 as on-field2017: 10 as tv umpire2017: 2 as reserve20172018: 24 as on-field2018: 8 as tv umpire2019: 37 as on-field2019: 8 as tv umpire20192020: 24 as on-field2020: 9 as tv umpire2021: 36 as on-field2021: 10 as tv umpire2021: 2 as reserve20212022: 43 as on-field2022: 9 as tv umpire2022: 3 as reserve2023: 28 as on-field2023: 11 as tv umpire2023: 1 as reserve20232024: 40 as on-field2024: 9 as tv umpire2024: 2 as reserve2025: 29 as on-field2025: 7 as tv umpire20252026: 23 as on-field2026: 6 as tv umpire2026
  • On-field
  • TV umpire
  • Reserve

By format

Test120
ODI197
T20I85
First-class49
List A27
T20172
Women's matches18

By role

On-field 464
TV umpire 145
Reserve 41

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

  • 563reviews against his calls
  • 155upheld
  • 408overturned
  • 28%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 92 26 (28%)
T20 53 14 (26%)
T20I 29 2 (7%)
Test 389 113 (29%)

First and most recent

First on record Australia v EnglandTest24 Aug 2005County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Most recent Middlesex v WorcestershireList A31 Jul 2026County Ground, New Road, Worcester

Stood with most often

Grounds

  • Dubai International Cricket Stadium40
  • Sharjah Cricket Stadium30
  • Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore20
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium19
  • County Ground, New Road, Worcester18
  • Lord's16
  • National Stadium, Karachi15
  • Kennington Oval14
  • Edgbaston, Birmingham13
  • Old Trafford, Manchester12
  • Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur12
  • National Stadium11

Teams

  • Pakistan101
  • New Zealand97
  • Australia95
  • India82
  • England81
  • South Africa79
  • Sri Lanka75
  • West Indies73
  • Bangladesh49
  • Worcestershire29
  • Islamabad United29
  • Peshawar Zalmi25

Competitions

  • Pakistan Super League66
  • Indian Premier League46
  • ICC Men's T20 World Cup43
  • NatWest Series29
  • County Championship28
  • Royal London One-Day Cup22
  • Vitality Blast21
  • ICC Cricket World Cup20
  • NatWest T20 Blast17
  • Specsavers County Championship15
  • Women's World T2013
  • Vitality Blast Men11

Milestones

50th match West Indies v New Zealand14 Jul 2012
100th match South Africa v Australia1 Mar 2014
200th match Australia v New Zealand5 Nov 2015
300th match Middlesex v Gloucestershire6 Jun 2018
400th match Quetta Gladiators v Multan Sultans3 Mar 2021
500th match Lahore Qalandars v Islamabad United27 Feb 2023

Recent matches

DateMatch FormatRole
31 Jul 2026 Middlesex v WorcestershireCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester List A On-field
3 Jul 2026 Worcestershire v KentCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester T20 On-field
1 Jul 2026 Warwickshire v SussexEdgbaston, Birmingham T20 On-field
28 Jun 2026 Durham v MiddlesexOld Deer Park, Richmond T20 On-field
26 Jun 2026 Leicestershire v LancashireGrace Road, Leicester T20 On-field
29 May 2026 Gloucestershire v NorthamptonshireCounty Ground, Northampton T20 On-field
25 May 2026 Lancashire v NottinghamshireOld Trafford, Manchester T20 On-field
22 May 2026 Worcestershire v LeicestershireGrace Road, Leicester T20 On-field
15 May 2026 Middlesex v DerbyshireLord's, London First-class On-field
1 May 2026 Nottinghamshire v LeicestershireGrace Road, Leicester First-class On-field
23 Apr 2026 Bangladesh v New ZealandBir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium, Chattogram ODI TV umpire
20 Apr 2026 New Zealand v BangladeshShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur ODI On-field
17 Apr 2026 New Zealand v BangladeshShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur ODI TV umpire
10 Apr 2026 Nottinghamshire v GlamorganTrent Bridge, Nottingham First-class On-field
8 Mar 2026 India v New ZealandNarendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad T20I On-field
4 Mar 2026 South Africa v New ZealandEden Gardens, Kolkata T20I On-field
1 Mar 2026 Zimbabwe v South AfricaArun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi T20I On-field
26 Feb 2026 West Indies v South AfricaNarendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad T20I TV umpire
23 Feb 2026 West Indies v ZimbabweWankhede Stadium, Mumbai T20I On-field
20 Feb 2026 Oman v AustraliaPallekele International Cricket Stadium T20I TV umpire

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Questions

How many matches has RK Illingworth officiated?
RK Illingworth has officiated 650 recorded matches, between 2005 and 2026.
How many Test matches has RK Illingworth stood in?
RK Illingworth appears in 120 Tests on record.
How many ODIs has RK Illingworth stood in?
RK Illingworth appears in 197 ODIs on record.
How often are RK Illingworth's decisions upheld on review?
Of 563 player reviews recorded against his decisions, 155 were upheld -- 28 per cent. This counts only decisions a side chose to review, so it is not an overall accuracy figure.
Which ground has RK Illingworth officiated at most often?
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, with 40 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.