# Simon Fry

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{{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](/source/Adelaide), South Australia, Australia
|                role = [Umpire](/source/Umpire_(cricket))
|              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](/source/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](/source/One_Day_International) for the first time in a match between [Australia and England](/source/English_cricket_team_in_Australia_in_2010-11) at Adelaide on 26 January 2011. He stood in his first [T20I](/source/Twenty20_Internationals) when [Australia and England](/source/English_cricket_team_in_Australia_in_2010-11) 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](/source/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](/source/West_Indian_cricket_team_in_Sri_Lanka_in_2015%E2%80%9316) at [Colombo (PSS)](/source/Paikiasothy_Saravanamuttu_Stadium).<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](/source/First-class_cricket), 130 [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) and 93 [T20](/source/Twenty20) matches.

==See also==
* [List of Test cricket umpires](/source/List_of_Test_cricket_umpires)
* [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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Category:Living people
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Category:Sportspeople from Adelaide
Category:Australian Test cricket umpires
Category:Australian One Day International cricket umpires
Category:Australian Twenty20 International cricket umpires
Category:Australian cricket umpires

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