{{Short description|Australian cricket umpire (born 1966)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Simon Fry | image = Simon Fry umpiring 201213 Ryobi Cup final.jpg | caption = Simon Fry umpiring at the MCG | country = Australia | fullname = Simon Douglas Fry | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|07|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | role = Umpire | family = | umpire = true | testsumpired = 7 | umptestdebutyr = 2015 | umptestlastyr = 2017 | odisumpired = 49 | umpodidebutyr = 2011 | umpodilastyr = 2018 | t20isumpired = 19 | umpt20idebutyr = 2011 | umpt20ilastyr = 2019 | wodisumpired = 4 | umpwodidebutyr = 2006 | umpwodilastyr = 2010 | wt20isumpired = 4 | umpwt20idebutyr = 2012 | umpwt20ilastyr = 2016 | date = 17 April 2020 | source = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5341.html ESPN cricinfo] }}
'''Simon Douglas Fry''' (born 29 July 1966) is an Australian former cricket umpire.<ref name="ESPNcricinfo">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5341.html | title=Simon Fry : Profile at ESPNcricinfo | accessdate=2 February 2011}}</ref> In April 2020, Fry announced his retirement from elite umpiring.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/112877/simon-fry-john-ward-retire-from-elite-umpiring |title=Simon Fry, John Ward retire from elite umpiring |work=Cricbuzz |accessdate=17 April 2020}}</ref>
==Umpiring career== Fry served as an international umpire in ODIs for the first time in a match between Australia and England at Adelaide on 26 January 2011. He stood in his first T20I when Australia and England played at Adelaide on 12 January 2011.<ref name="ESPNcricinfo - scoreboard ">{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/the-ashes-2010-11/engine/match/446960.html | title= 1st T20I : Australia v England at Adelaide, 12 Jan, 2011 | accessdate=2 February 2011}}</ref>
He was among the twenty umpires who stood in matches during the 2015 Cricket World Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2014/media-releases/83319/icc-announces-match-officials-for-icc-cricket-world-cup-2015|title= ICC announces match officials for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015|publisher= ICC Cricket|date= 2 December 2014|accessdate= 12 February 2015|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150330201852/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2014/media-releases/83319/icc-announces-match-officials-for-icc-cricket-world-cup-2015|archivedate= 30 March 2015}}</ref> On 22 October 2015 he made his debut as an umpire in a Test match, standing in the game between Sri Lanka and the West Indies at Colombo (PSS).<ref name="Fry">{{cite web |url=http://www.oneindia.com/sports/cricket/australian-umpire-simon-fry-to-make-test-debut-sri-lanka-west-indies-series-1892008.html |title=Australian umpire Simon Fry to make Test debut in Sri Lanka-West Indies series |accessdate=22 October 2015 |work=One India}}</ref>
He stood in 100 First-class, 130 List A and 93 T20 matches.
==See also== * List of Test cricket umpires * List of One Day International cricket umpires * List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires
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