Chris Gaffaney

Christopher Blair Gaffaney (born 30 November 1975) is a New Zealand cricket umpire and former cricketer who played for Otago. He became an umpire after retiring as a player. A right-handed batsman, he played in 83 first-class and 113 List A matches. Gaffaney is currently a member of the ICC Elite umpire panel and officiates in Tests, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals.

Umpiring career Gaffaney made his ODI umpiring debut when Canada and Ireland played at Toronto in September 2010. He served as an umpire on the ICC International Panel of Umpires and later stood in his first Test match in a game between Zimbabwe and South Africa at Harare in August 2014.

Gaffaney was thereafter selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the 2015 Cricket World Cup and stood in three matches as an on-field umpire during the tournament. A few months later he was elevated to the ICC Elite umpire panel for 2015–16.

In April 2019, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires to stand in matches during the 2019 Cricket World Cup.

In September 2020, he was named as one of the fifteen umpires to officiate in matches during the 2020 Indian Premier League and stood in the final as well.

In September 2023, he was named as one of the best sixteen match officials for 2023 Cricket World Cup.