{{short description|Cricket umpire}} {{No significant coverage (sports)|date=September 2023}} {{for multi|the Canadian politician|Alan Webster Neill|the Australian rugby league player|Alan Neil}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Alan Neill | image = | country = | fullname = Alan James Neill | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1956|06|10}} | birth_place = Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland | death_date = | death_place = | role = Umpire | umpire = true | odisumpired = 10 | umpodidebutyr = 2016 | umpodilastyr = 2021 | t20isumpired = 20 | umpt20idebutyr = 2016 | umpt20ilastyr = 2021 | wodisumpired = 8 | umpwodidebutyr = 2009 | umpwodilastyr = 2021 | wt20isumpired = 7 | umpwt20idebutyr = 2009 | umpwt20ilastyr = 2018 | date = 13 September 2021 | source = http://espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/302056.html Cricinfo }}
'''Alan James Neill''' (born 10 June 1956) is a Northern Irish cricket umpire.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/302056.html |title=Alan Neill at ESPNcricinfo|access-date=28 May 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref><ref name="CA">{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/84/84698/84698.html |title=Alan Neill at CricketArchive |access-date=25 May 2016 |work=CricketArchive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/ireland-well-represented-at-icc-regional-conference-for-umpires |title=Ireland well represented at ICC Regional Conference for Umpires |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=22 January 2019 |archive-date=23 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123010216/http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/ireland-well-represented-at-icc-regional-conference-for-umpires |url-status=dead }}</ref> Neill serves as a member of the ICC Associate and Affiliate Panel of Umpires representing Ireland.<ref name="UP">{{Cite web|url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/about/89/match-officials/icc-associate-and-affiliate-international-umpires-panel |title=ICC Associate and Affiliate International Umpires Panel 2016 |access-date=25 May 2016 |work=ICC Cricket |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602070629/http://www.icc-cricket.com/about/89/match-officials/icc-associate-and-affiliate-international-umpires-panel |archive-date=2 June 2016 }}</ref><ref name="CI">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/irish-umpires-named-on-icc-panel |title=Irish Umpires Named on ICC Panel |access-date=28 May 2016 |work=Cricket Ireland |archive-date=3 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103091744/https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/irish-umpires-named-on-icc-panel |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Neill stood in matches during the 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament in Jersey in May 2016, including the final between Jersey and Oman.<ref name="ICC">{{Cite web |url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2016/media-releases/94846/jersey-ready-to-host-icc-world-cricket-league-division-5 |title=Jersey ready to host ICC World Cricket League Division 5 |access-date=25 May 2016 |work=ICC Cricket |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521154348/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2016/media-releases/94846/jersey-ready-to-host-icc-world-cricket-league-division-5 |archive-date=21 May 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="score">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/979845.html |title=ICC World Cricket League Division Five, Final: Jersey v Oman at St Saviour, May 28, 2016 |access-date=28 May 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> On 12 July 2016, he made his One Day International (ODI) umpiring debut in a match between Ireland and Afghanistan.<ref name="ODI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/997961.html |title=Afghanistan tour of Scotland, Ireland and Netherlands, 2nd ODI: Ireland v Afghanistan at Belfast, Jul 12, 2016 |access-date=12 July 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> On 5 September 2016 he stood in his first Twenty20 International match, between Ireland and Hong Kong.<ref name="T20I">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1004729.html |title=1st T20I: Ireland v Hong Kong at Bready, Sep 5, 2016 |access-date=5 September 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
In April 2019, he was one of four umpires to be awarded a full-time season contract by Cricket Ireland, the first time that Cricket Ireland offered such contracts to umpires. Neill had officiated in 10 ODIs and 20 T20Is by September 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/first-ever-full-time-umpire-season-contracts-increased-women-umpires-on-pan |title=First-ever full-time umpire season contracts, increased women umpires on Panels |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=11 April 2019 |archive-date=3 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103091401/https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/first-ever-full-time-umpire-season-contracts-increased-women-umpires-on-pan |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==See also== * List of One Day International cricket umpires * List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires
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==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=302056}} * {{CricketArchive|id=84698}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Neill, Alan}} Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:Irish cricket umpires Category:Irish One Day International cricket umpires Category:Irish Twenty20 International cricket umpires Category:Sportspeople from Downpatrick