Donovan Koch

{{Short description|South African cricket umpire (born 1976)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Donovan Koch | image = | country = | fullname = Donovan Marius Koch | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|10|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Somerset West]], [[Cape Province]], South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | nickname = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium fast | role = Umpire

| date = 30 January 2023 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/45823.html Cricinfo }} '''Donovan Koch''' (born 11 October 1976) is a South African former [[cricket]]er and currently an international umpire.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/45823.html |title=Donovan Koch |access-date=7 January 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He played twenty-one [[first-class cricket|first-class]] and twenty [[List A cricket|List A]] matches between 1997 and 2002.<ref name="Bio"></ref> He is now an [[umpire (cricket)|umpire]] in Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.community.cricket.com.au/umpire/news/donovan-koch/2019-05-09 |title=Donovan Koch elevated to the Cricket Australia National Umpire Panel |work=The Cricket Network |access-date=25 September 2020 |archive-date=25 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625014409/https://www.community.cricket.com.au/umpire/news/donovan-koch/2019-05-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/donovan-koch-australia-umpire-history-international-panel-t20-odi-test-cricket/2021-06-24 |title=Koch takes next step on path to international umpire |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref>

He stood in his first [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) match, between [[Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2021–22|Australia and Sri Lanka]], on 13 February 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1263472.html |title=2nd T20I (N), Sydney, Feb 13 2022, Sri Lanka tour of Australia |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref> On 31 August 2022, he stood in his first [[One Day International]] (ODI) match, [[Zimbabwean cricket team in Australia in 2022|between Australia and Zimbabwe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1317477.html |title=2nd ODI, Townsville, August 31, 2022, Zimbabwe tour of Australia |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=31 August 2022}}</ref> As of January 2023, he has officiated in 20 international fixtures.

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

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==External links== * {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/45823.html}}

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