Wilson to Make Test Match Debut

Paul Wilson will become the 15th NSWCUSA member to umpire a Men’s Test match after being appointed by the International Cricket Council to stand in the upcoming one-off Test match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

Having now stood in 28 One Day Internationals and 11 Twenty20 Internationals, Wilson will make his Test debut in the match beginning on 5 September in Chittagong.

He will become the 90th Australian umpire to officiate a Men’s Test and the 484th Men’s Test umpire in the history of the game.

Wilson was selected on Cricket Australia’s National Umpire Panel ahead of the 2010-11 summer and made his international debuts in both T20Is and ODIs during 2014.

Since his elevation at the turn of the decade, he has officiated 55 First Class matches, 85 List A matches and 72 Twenty20 fixtures.

Last season saw Wilson on-field in 11 ODIs and 3 T20Is before being selected as one of sixteen umpires to officiate in the 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, where he was on-field in a further five ODIs.

The 2018-19 Sheffield Shield Final at Junction Oval was Wilson’s third Shield final in four seasons and capped off a stellar domestic season in which he also stood in the One-Day Cup Final and was the recipient of Cricket Australia’s Umpire Award.

As a member of the International Panel of ICC Umpires, he has travelled to officiate bilateral series in India, New Zealand and the West Indies.

In addition to the recent Men’s World Cup, he has also attended a variety of ICC tournaments including the 2017 Women’s World Cup, the Men’s World Cup Qualifiers in both 2014 and 2018 and the Men’s World Twenty20 Qualifier in 2015.

In an eleven-year career as a professional player, with both South Australia and Western Australia, he played in 51 First Class matches including a Test match in Kolkata during Australia’s 1998 tour of India.

Wilson’s on-field partner for the match will be Englishman Nigel Llong. The pair will be working with TV Umpire Nitin Menon and Match Referee Chris Broad.