Michael Graham-Smith
Michael Graham-Smith (born 5 August 1969 in Burnie, Tasmania[1]) is an Australian cricket umpire. He made his umpiring debut in domestic cricket on 4 October 2013, during the Ryobi One-Day Cup.[2]
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| Full name | Michael Wayne Graham-Smith |
| Born | 5 August 1969 Burnie, Tasmania, Australia |
| Role | Umpire |
| Umpiring information | |
| T20Is umpired | 3 (2022–2022) |
| WTests umpired | 1 (2022) |
| WODIs umpired | 7 (2016–2023) |
| WT20Is umpired | 4 (2020–2023) |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 January 2023 | |
Graham-Smith teaches Mathematics at Elizabeth College in Hobart.[3]
Mike started playing cricket for the Yeoman Emus Cricket Club in the North West Tasmania Cricket Association in 1983.
A batsman, he moved to Hobart in 1988 to study Mathematics and joined the Tasmania University Cricket Club (TUCC). Except for two seasons spent playing in the Birmingham Premier League in the U.K., Barnt Green Cricket Club in 1997 and Four Oaks Saints Cricket Club in 1998, he played for the TUCC, eventually representing the club in 207 First Grade matches. Those games included four Grand Finals for one Premiership plus seven Kookaburra Cup State finals for four wins; while off the field he was a committee member for twelve years, serving last seven as President, and made a Life Member in 2006.
He took up umpiring after retiring at the end of the 2006-07 season, and became a member of the State Panel two years later. In 2010, Mike was chosen to umpire in the men's Under 17 National Championships in Adelaide (January) and its Under 19 equivalent in Brisbane (December), plus a pre-season series in Darwin (August) involving the senior State squads from Tasmania, South Australia and Maharastra in India. He umpired in Fiji whilst on a family trip there in June 2011. Since then Mike has been chosen to stand in a number of Futures League and WNCL matches, another two Under-19 National Championships in Adelaide, a Futures League Twenty20 tournament in Melbourne, and in April 2012, a four-team Under-19 International series in Townsville.
Mike was a member of the Tasmanian Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association management committee for three years serving one year as Vice President and two as President from 2010 until 2013. Mike was awarded life membership of the TCUSA in 2021.
He was a member of Cricket Australia’s emerging panel for the 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 seasons standing in a pre-season series on the Sunshine Coast, in September 2012, involving the senior State squads from Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia and, in July 2013, a three-team Under-19 International series in Darwin involving Australia, India and New Zealand.
Mike was appointed to Cricket Australia’s National Umpiring Panel in 2013 and has gone on to stand in 50 Sheffield Shield matches and 52 first-class matches in total. He has been appointed to two WNCL finals and was appointed as third umpire for the 2017/2018 WBBL final.
On 15 October 2022, he stood in his first Twenty20 International (T20I) match, between Indonesia and South Korea.[4] As of January 2023, Graham-Smith has officiated in 15 international fixtures.
References[edit]
- ^ "Michael Graham-Smith". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ^ "Mike Graham-Smith makes ODD debut". Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ^ "Elizabeth College e-newsletter, October 2013" (PDF). Elizabeth College. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "1st Match, Sano, October 15, 2022, ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Region Qualifier B". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
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