Bongani Jele

{{Short description|South African cricket umpire (born 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Bongani Jele | image = | fullname = Bongani Patrick Jele | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|4|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Pretoria]], [[Gauteng]], South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | batting = | role = [[Umpire (cricket)|Umpire]]

| date = 21 June 2023 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/432064.html Cricinfo }} '''Bongani Jele''' (born 1 April 1986) is a South African cricket [[umpire (cricket)|umpire]].<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/432064.html |title=Bongani Jele |access-date=22 December 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref><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> Along with [[Adrian Holdstock]], he umpired in the final of the [[2015–16 Ram Slam T20 Challenge]] in December 2015<ref name="RamSlam">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/851991.html |title=Ram Slam T20 Challenge, Final: Titans v Dolphins at Centurion, Dec 12, 2015 |access-date=22 December 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> and officiated in the [[first-class cricket|first-class]] tour match between [[English cricket team in South Africa in 2015–16|South Africa A and England XI]] later the same month.<ref name="FC">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/800455.html |title=England tour of South Africa, Tour Match: South Africa A v England XI at Pietermaritzburg, Dec 20-22, 2015 |access-date=22 December 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

He made his [[One Day International]] (ODI) umpiring debut in a match between [[Irish cricket team in South Africa in 2016–17|Australia and Ireland]] in [[Willowmoore Park|Benoni]], South Africa, on 27 September 2016.<ref name="ODI">{{cite news |title=Australia tour of South Africa, Only ODI: Australia v Ireland at Benoni, Sep 27, 2016 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/936133.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Sports Media |date=27 September 2016 |access-date=27 September 2016 }}</ref> His first [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) match as an umpire was on 22 January 2017 when [[Sri Lankan cricket team in South Africa in 2016–17|South Africa played Sri Lanka]] in [[New Wanderers Stadium|Johannesburg]].<ref name="T20I">{{cite news |title=Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 2nd T20I: South Africa v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, Jan 22, 2017 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/936155.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Sports Media |date=22 January 2017 |access-date=22 January 2017 }}</ref> He was 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>

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

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==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=432064}}

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