Simon Fry
{{Short description|Australian cricket umpire (born 1966)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Simon Fry
| image = Simon Fry umpiring 201213 Ryobi Cup final.jpg
| caption = Simon Fry umpiring at the MCG
| country = Australia
| fullname = Simon Douglas Fry
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|07|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
| role = Umpire
| family =
| umpire = true
| testsumpired = 7
| umptestdebutyr = 2015
| umptestlastyr = 2017
| odisumpired = 49
| umpodidebutyr = 2011
| umpodilastyr = 2018
| t20isumpired = 19
| umpt20idebutyr = 2011
| umpt20ilastyr = 2019
| date = 17 April 2020
| source = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5341.html ESPN cricinfo]
}}
Simon Douglas Fry (born 29 July 1966) is an Australian former cricket umpire.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5341.html | title=Simon Fry : Profile at ESPNcricinfo | accessdate=2 February 2011}} In April 2020, Fry announced his retirement from elite umpiring.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/112877/simon-fry-john-ward-retire-from-elite-umpiring |title=Simon Fry, John Ward retire from elite umpiring |work=Cricbuzz |accessdate=17 April 2020}}
Umpiring career
Fry served as an international umpire in ODIs for the first time in a match between Australia and England at Adelaide on 26 January 2011. He stood in his first T20I when Australia and England played at Adelaide on 12 January 2011.{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/the-ashes-2010-11/engine/match/446960.html | title= 1st T20I : Australia v England at Adelaide, 12 Jan, 2011 | accessdate=2 February 2011}}
He was among the twenty umpires who stood in matches during the 2015 Cricket World Cup.{{cite web|url= http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2014/media-releases/83319/icc-announces-match-officials-for-icc-cricket-world-cup-2015|title= ICC announces match officials for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015|publisher= ICC Cricket|date= 2 December 2014|accessdate= 12 February 2015|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150330201852/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2014/media-releases/83319/icc-announces-match-officials-for-icc-cricket-world-cup-2015|archivedate= 30 March 2015}} On 22 October 2015 he made his debut as an umpire in a Test match, standing in the game between Sri Lanka and the West Indies at Colombo (PSS).{{cite web |url=http://www.oneindia.com/sports/cricket/australian-umpire-simon-fry-to-make-test-debut-sri-lanka-west-indies-series-1892008.html |title=Australian umpire Simon Fry to make Test debut in Sri Lanka-West Indies series |accessdate=22 October 2015 |work=One India}}
He stood in 100 First-class, 130 List A and 93 T20 matches.
See also
References
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Category:Sportspeople from Adelaide
Category:Australian Test cricket umpires
Category:Australian One Day International cricket umpires
Category:Australian Twenty20 International cricket umpires
Category:Australian cricket umpires
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