2021-22 Country Championships Final

Graeme Glazebrook and Keiran Knight have been appointed to their second consecutive McDonald’s Country Championships Final – taking place at Bradman Oval today.

The pair will oversee the match between Newcastle and ACT Southern Districts as the Novocastrians look to secure their third title in as many seasons.

Glazebrook and Knight are both members of the Country Umpire Representative Panel – Glazebrook in his eighth season and Knight his second with the group.

For the Bathurst-based Glazebrook, it will be the seventh Country Championships Final that he will officiate.

He will be backing up for the Final of the Plan B Regional T20 Bash taking place at the SCG tomorrow.

Last season he received his sixth Kevin Pye Medal for Country Umpire of the Year – becoming the only person to win the award in six consecutive seasons.

Previously a member of the NSW State Umpire Panel, Knight has officiated six WNCL and four WBBL matches in addition to 59 First Grade NSW Men’s Premier Cricket matches.

He is now in his second season of umpiring in the Newcastle District Cricket Association competition.

Throughout the preliminary rounds of the Championship, Knight umpired at the Northern Pool carnival held in Tuggerah in late January.

Country Umpire Coach Neil Findlay will be the Match Referee for the fixture, with play to begin at 10am.

Photo: The Match Officials before play at Bradman Oval // Bruce Whitehouse