Shaun George (born 25 January 1968) is a South African former cricketer who later became an umpire.[1] He is part of Cricket South Africa's umpire panel for first-class matches.[2]
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Full name | Shaun George | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1968-01-25) 25 January 1968 (age 54) Port Elizabeth, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler, Umpire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987–1990 | Eastern Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1991 | Transvaal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 14 March 1987 Eastern Province v Natal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 26 January 1991 Transvaal v Western Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Umpiring information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODIs umpired | 56 (2011–2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20Is umpired | 49 (2010–2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 17 July 2022 |
George played first-class cricket for Eastern Province and Transvaal between 1987 and 1991.[3][4]
After making his first-class and List A umpiring debuts in 2004, George made his international debut in a Twenty20 international (T20I) in 2010. He made his One-day international (ODI) debut the following year.[5][6][7][8][9]
In January 2018, he was named as one of the seventeen on-field umpires for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[10] He was later appointed as one of the on-field umpires for the tournament final.[11] In May 2018, he was promoted to the ICC Test/ODI Emerging Panel of umpires.[12]
In October 2018, he was named as one of the twelve on-field umpires for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20.[13] Along with Langton Rusere, he was appointed as one of the on-field umpires for the tournament's final.[14]
In July 2019, George umpired in his 50th ODI, in the third ODI between Ireland and Zimbabwe, at Stormont, Belfast.[15] In February 2020, the ICC named him as one of the umpires to officiate in matches during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[16]
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