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{{short description|Cricket umpire}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Adrian Holdstock
| image =
| fullname = Adrian Thomas Holdstock
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|04|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Cape Town]], [[Union of South Africa|South Africa]]
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role = [[Umpire (cricket)|Umpire]]

| club1 = [[Western Province cricket team (South Africa)|Western Province]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1989/90–1992/93}}
| club2 = [[Boland cricket team|Boland]]
| year2 = 1993/94–1995/96

| umpire = true
| testsumpired = 7
| umptestdebutyr = 2020
| umptestlastyr = 2023
| odisumpired = 48
| umpodidebutyr = 2013
| umpodilastyr = 2023
| t20isumpired = 50
| umpt20idebutyr = 2011
| umpt20ilastyr = 2023
| wodisumpired = 17
| umpwodidebutyr = 2009
| umpwodilastyr = 2018
| wt20isumpired = 7
| umpwt20idebutyr = 2009
| umpwt20ilastyr = 2019

| columns = 2
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 16
| runs1 = 573
| bat avg1 = 20.46
| 100s/50s1 = 0/3
| top score1 = 81
| deliveries1 = 1210
| wickets1 = 19
| bowl avg1 = 33.78
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 4/51
| catches/stumpings1 = 9/–
| column2 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches2 = 7
| runs2 = 104
| bat avg2 = 14.85
| 100s/50s2 = 0/1
| top score2 = 66
| deliveries2 = 258
| wickets2 = 6
| bowl avg2 = 34.83
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 3/54
| catches/stumpings2 = 2/–

| date = 11 July 2023
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/45448.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Adrian Holdstock''' (born 27 April 1970) is a South African cricket umpire and former cricketer who now serves as ICC international cricket umpire.<ref name="CSA">{{Cite web |url=http://cricket.co.za/news/25057/CSA-promotes-seven-umpires-to-Reserve-List-Panel |title=CSA promotes seven umpires to Reserve List Panel |access-date=11 July 2018 |work=Cricket South Africa |archive-date=11 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711120945/http://cricket.co.za/news/25057/CSA-promotes-seven-umpires-to-Reserve-List-Panel |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is part of [[Cricket South Africa]]'s umpire panel for [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricket.co.za/news/31510/Agenbag-and-Fritz-break-new-ground-for-SA-Cricket |title=Agenbag and Fritz break new ground for SA Cricket |work=Cricket South Africa |access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref>

==Career==
Holdstock played for [[Western Province cricket team (South Africa)|Western Province]] between 1989 and 1993 before playing for [[Boland cricket team|Boland]] 1993 and 1995.<ref name="cricketarchive1">{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4013/4013.html | title=Adrian Holdstock| publisher=CricketArchive | access-date=25 June 2012}}</ref> After finishing playing Holdstock took up umpiring. He made his [[List A cricket|list A]] umpiring debut in 2006 and his [[First-class cricket|first class]] debut in 2007.<ref name="cricketarchive2">{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4013/Umpire_in_First-Class_Matches.html | title=Adrian Holdstock as Umpire in First-Class Matches | publisher=CricketArchive | access-date=25 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="cricketarchive3">{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4013/Umpire_in_List_A_Matches.html | title=Adrian Holdstock as Umpire in List A Matches | publisher=CricketArchive | access-date=25 June 2012}}</ref>

In 2011, Holdstock made his international Twenty20 debut.<ref name="sports24">{{cite news | url=http://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/Holdstock-makes-debut-20111006 | title=Holdstock makes debut | work=Sports24 | date=6 October 2011 | access-date=25 June 2012}}</ref> He umpired in three [[One Day International]] games in 2013.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/45448.html |title=Adrian Holdstock |access-date=19 May 2014 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> In January 2020, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires for the [[2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup]] tournament in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1563523 |title=Match officials named for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=8 January 2020}}</ref>

On 26 December 2020, Holdstock stood in his first [[Test cricket|Test match]] as an umpire, in the first Test [[Sri Lankan cricket team in South Africa in 2020–21|between South Africa and Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insidesport.co/south-africa-vs-sri-lanka-marais-erasmus-and-adrian-holdstock-appointed-as-on-field-umpires/ |title=South Africa vs Sri Lanka Test series: Marais Erasmus and Adrian Holdstock appointed as on-field umpires |work=Inside Sport |access-date=26 December 2020}}</ref>

He was selected as one of the match officials for [[2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2284489 |title=20-strong contingent of match officials announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=7 October 2021}}</ref>
In March 2023, Holdstock and [[Ahsan Raza]] from Pakistan were inducted into the [[Elite Panel of ICC Umpires]] after [[Aleem Dar]] left the panel.<ref>{{cite news |title=Adrian Holdstock, Ahsan Raza join ICC Elite Panel of Umpires as Aleem Dar steps down |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/3111811 |access-date=17 March 2023 |work=International Cricket Council}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Aleem Dar ends 19-year old career as Elite Panel Umpire |url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/125944/aleem-dar-ends-19-year-old-career-as-elite-panel-umpire-cricbuzzcom |access-date=17 March 2023 |work=Cricbuzz |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Test cricket umpires]]
* [[List of One Day International cricket umpires]]
* [[List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{International Panel of ICC Umpires}}

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[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:South African cricket umpires]]
[[Category:South African Test cricket umpires]]
[[Category:South African One Day International cricket umpires]]
[[Category:South African Twenty20 International cricket umpires]]
[[Category:People from Cape Town]]
[[Category:Boland cricketers]]
[[Category:Western Province cricketers]]

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Ajay Kumar at 07:56, 28 September 2023