20 match officials have been named by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the League Round of the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in India.
The 20 match officials for the League Round of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in India have been confirmed by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
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The 13th iteration of the competition will be officiated by sixteen referees, including all 12 of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and four members of the ICC Emerging Umpire Panel.
Only Aleem Dar is absent from the experienced list; he resigned from the Elite Panel in March of this year. The experienced list contains three of the four umpires that were appointed for the World Cup 2019 final at Lord’s: Dharmasena, Erasmus, and Tucker.
Four former international cricket players from the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees, namely Jeff Crowe, Andy Pycroft, Richie Richardson, and Javagal Srinath, will be in attendance.
On October 5 in Ahmedabad, Srinath will oversee the opening game of the tournament between England and New Zealand, the winners of the last recent competition. Paul Wilson will serve as the TV umpire, Menon and Dharmasena will serve as the standing umpires, while Saikat will serve as the fourth umpire.
The selections for the semi-finals and championship game will be made in due time, however the officials have already been picked for the rest of the League portion.
Match Officials
Umpires
Chris Brown, Kumar Dharmasena, Marais Erasmus, Chris Gaffaney, Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Nitin Menon, Ahsan Raza, Paul Reiffel, Sharfuddoula Ibne Shaid, Rod Tucker, Alex Wharf, Joel Wilson and Paul Wilson.
Referees
Jeff Crowe, Andy Pycroft, Richie Richardson and Javagal Srinath.
