# Alan Neill

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{{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](/source/Downpatrick), [County Down](/source/County_Down), [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland)
|          death_date = 
|         death_place = 
|                role = [Umpire](/source/Umpire_(cricket))
|              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](/source/umpire_(cricket)).<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](/source/ICC_Associates_and_Affiliates_Umpire_Panel) representing [Ireland](/source/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](/source/2016_ICC_World_Cricket_League_Division_Five) tournament in [Jersey](/source/Jersey) in May 2016, including the final between [Jersey](/source/Jersey_cricket_team) and [Oman](/source/Oman_national_cricket_team).<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](/source/One_Day_International) (ODI) umpiring debut in a match between [Ireland and Afghanistan](/source/Afghan_cricket_team_in_Ireland_in_2016).<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](/source/Twenty20_International) match, between [Ireland and Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong_cricket_team_in_Ireland_in_2016).<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](/source/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](/source/List_of_One_Day_International_cricket_umpires)
* [List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires](/source/List_of_Twenty20_International_cricket_umpires)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=302056}}
* {{CricketArchive|id=84698}}

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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

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