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{{short description|Australian cricketer and umpire}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Paul Reiffel
| image =
| country = Australia
| fullname = Paul Ronald Reiffel
| nickname = Pistol
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|4|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Box Hill, Victoria|Box Hill]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]
| height = 187 cm
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| role = [[All rounder (cricket)|All rounder]], [[Umpire (cricket)|umpire]]
| family =
| umpire = true
| testsumpired = 62
| umptestdebutyr = 2012
| umptestlastyr = 2023
| odisumpired = 79
| umpodidebutyr = 2009
| umpodilastyr = 2022
| t20isumpired = 27
| umpt20idebutyr = 2009
| umpt20ilastyr = 2022

| wtestsumpired = 1
| umpwtestdebutyr = 2008
| umpwtestlastyr =
| wodisumpired = 3
| umpwodidebutyr = 2004
| umpwodilastyr = 2011
| wt20isumpired = 7
| umpwt20idebutyr = 2012
| umpwt20ilastyr = 2014

| international = true
| internationalspan = 1992-1999
| testdebutdate = 1 February
| testdebutyear = 1992
| testdebutagainst = India
| testcap = 352
| lasttestdate = 6 March
| lasttestyear = 1998
| lasttestagainst = India

| odidebutdate = 14 January
| odidebutyear = 1992
| odidebutagainst = India
| odicap = 108
| lastodidate = 20 June
| lastodiyear = 1999
| lastodiagainst = Pakistan
| odishirt = 4

| club1 = [[Victoria Bushrangers|Victoria]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1987/88–2001/02}}
| club2 = [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]]
| year2 = 2000

| columns = 4

| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 35
| runs1 = 955
| bat avg1 = 26.52
| 100s/50s1 = 0/6
| top score1 = 79[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 6,403
| wickets1 = 104
| bowl avg1 = 26.96
| fivefor1 = 5
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 6/71
| catches/stumpings1 = 15/–

| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 92
| runs2 = 503
| bat avg2 = 13.97
| 100s/50s2 = 0/1
| top score2 = 58
| deliveries2 = 4,732
| wickets2 = 106
| bowl avg2 = 29.20
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 4/13
| catches/stumpings2 = 25/–

| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 168
| runs3 = 3,690
| bat avg3 = 24.76
| 100s/50s3 = 0/18
| top score3 = 86
| deliveries3 = 32,772
| wickets3 = 545
| bowl avg3 = 26.40
| fivefor3 = 16
| tenfor3 = 2
| best bowling3 = 6/57
| catches/stumpings3 = 77/–

| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 158
| runs4 = 882
| bat avg4 = 14.00
| 100s/50s4 = 0/1
| top score4 = 58
| deliveries4 = 7830
| wickets4 = 166
| bowl avg4 = 31.04
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 4/13
| catches/stumpings4 = 44/–
| date = 14 June 2023
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/7326.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Paul Ronald Reiffel''' (born 19 April 1966) is an Australian former [[cricket]]er who played in 35 [[Test cricket|Tests]] and 92 [[One Day International]]s (ODIs) from 1992 to 1999.<ref name="cricinfo1">{{cite web|url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/7326.html|title=Players and Officials – Paul Reiffel|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=2009-03-04}}</ref> He was part of Australia's victorious [[1999 Cricket World Cup|1999 World Cup]] team. After retirement he became a [[first-class cricket]] [[Umpire (cricket)|umpire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/657430 |title=International cricketers turned umpires |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref> He is currently a member of the [[Elite Panel of ICC Umpires]]. Reiffel was a part of the Australian team that won the [[1999 Cricket World Cup]].

==Playing career==
Reiffel's career best bowling figures of 6/71 came at [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground|Edgbaston]] in 1993. Throughout his career he took 104 wickets at 26.96 in 35 Tests, taking 5 or more [[wicket]]s in an innings five times. An accurate bowler whose main attacking weapon was [[seam bowling]],<ref name="cricinfo1"/> Reiffel was a more than handy batsman. While limited in his shotmaking ability, he had a solid defence. Two notable achievements in his Australian playing career were being members of the winning [[1999 Cricket World Cup]] ODI team and the test side that defeated the West Indies during the 1994/95 [[Frank Worrell Trophy]] series.<ref>Polack J (2002) [http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/115853.html No more of Mr Nice Guy as Reiffel depart], [[CricInfo]], 24 January 2002. Retrieved 22 August 2019.</ref> Reiffel was a [[Victorian Bushrangers|Victorian]] cricket captain who was notorious for declaring a Victorian innings closed in 2001 with [[Michael Klinger]] on 99 not out.<ref name="age2">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/cricket/klinger-takes-four-years-to-finish-century/2005/11/06/1131211946934.html|title=Klinger takes four years to finish century|last=Ahmed|first=Nabila|date=7 November 2005|work=[[The Age]]|access-date=2009-03-04}}</ref>

==Umpiring career==
Reiffel made his first class umpiring debut in the 2004/2005 season after first umpiring in Melbourne grade cricket in 2002. Reiffel joined the [[Cricket Australia]] National Umpire's Panel in the 2005/2006 season.<ref name="cricinfo2">{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/209095.html|title=Reiffel picked on national umpire's panel|date=12 May 2005|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=2009-03-04}}</ref><ref name="age1">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/26/1035504923888.html|title=Reiffel's right decision|last=Daffey|first=Paul |date=27 October 2002|work=[[The Age]]|access-date=2009-03-04}}</ref> In 2008, he became a member of the [[International Cricket Council]] [[International Panel of ICC Umpires]],<ref name="smh1">{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/cricket/reiffel-continues-rise-through-umpiring-ranks/2008/10/24/1224351495096.html|title=Reiffel continues rise through umpiring ranks|date=24 October 2008|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=2009-03-04}}</ref> the first former Australian Test cricketer to do so.<ref name="former">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149629.html |title=Dhaka Bolshy but brilliant |access-date=20 April 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo|date=19 April 2005 }}</ref> He made his international on-field umpiring debut in a [[One Day International]] match between Australia and New Zealand on 6 February 2009.<ref>[http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ausvnz2008/engine/match/351690.html Australia v New Zealand], Cricinfo, 6 February 2009.</ref> He also umpired in both Tests of the West Indies-New Zealand Test Series in July–August 2012.

In June 2013, Reiffel was elevated to the [[Elite Panel of ICC Umpires]]. He was selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand 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|access-date= 12 February 2015|url-status= dead|archive-url= 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|archive-date= 30 March 2015}}</ref>

On the first day of the [[English cricket team in India in 2016–17|fourth Test between India and England]] at the [[Wankhede Stadium]] in Mumbai, Reiffel was hit on the head by a throw from fielder [[Bhuvneshwar Kumar]]. He left the field and underwent some precautionary tests, which showed that he had not suffered any major injuries. The [[International Cricket Council]], however, decided against Reiffel taking any further part in the match. He was replaced by [[Marais Erasmus]] who was originally the [[third umpire]].<ref name="injury">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1071421.html |title=Reiffel sent to hospital after blow to head |access-date=8 December 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

In April 2019, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires to stand in matches during the [[2019 Cricket World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1198051 |title=Match officials for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 announced |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=26 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1182149.html |title=Umpire Ian Gould to retire after World Cup |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=26 April 2019}}</ref>

==Family==
Reiffel's father, [[Ron Reiffel]], played for the [[Richmond Football Club]]. His grandfather, [[Lou Reiffel]], was also an [[Australian rules football]]er and played for both [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] and [[Sydney Swans|South Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Holmesby, Russell |author2=Main, Jim |name-list-style=amp |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}</ref>

Following the death of his father in December 2018, Reiffel pulled out of officiating during [[Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2018–19|Sri Lanka's tour of New Zealand]] the following month.

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

==References==
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