2023 Cricket World Cup officials

Match officials for the Cricket World Cup

Match officials for the 2023 Cricket World Cup were selected by the ICC's umpire selection panel, headed by Sean Easey, the ICC's senior manager for umpires and referees. The panel selected 12 umpires to officiate at the tournament: three from Australia, four from England, four from Asia (one each from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), two each from New Zealand and South Africa and one from the West Indies. It also selected four match referees for the event.[1][2]

Umpires

Of the 16 umpires selected for the tournament, 12 were from the ICC Elite Panel while the remaining four were from the International Panel.[1]

Sharfuddoula became the first Bangladeshi umpire to be selected as one of the umpires for the Men's World Cup.[3]

Umpire Country Panel Matches
(before 2023 WC)[4] 		WC Matches
(before 2023)[5] 		2023 WC Matches
Kumar Dharmasena Sri Lanka Elite Panel 121 21 6
Marais Erasmus South Africa Elite Panel 117 19 6
Chris Gaffaney New Zealand Elite Panel 80 9 6
Michael Gough England Elite Panel 79 8 6
Adrian Holdstock South Africa Elite Panel 48 0 6[a]
Richard Illingworth England Elite Panel 82 11 8[b]
Richard Kettleborough England Elite Panel 98 19 7[c][d]
Nitin Menon India Elite Panel 50 0 7[e]
Ahsan Raza Pakistan Elite Panel 45 0 6[f]
Paul Reiffel Australia Elite Panel 82 9 6
Rod Tucker Australia Elite Panel 93 18 7[g]
Joel Wilson West Indies Elite Panel 85 8 7[h]
Chris Brown New Zealand International Panel 22 0 5
Sharfuddoula Bangladesh International Panel 54 0 5
Alex Wharf England International Panel 18 0 3[i][j]
Paul Wilson Australia International Panel 39 5 5

Referees

In this World Cup, only four referees were selected by the selection panel. All the selected referees belong to the Elite Panel of ICC Referees.[1]

Referee Country Matches
(before 2023 WC)[6] 		WC Matches
(before 2023)[7] 		2023 WC Matches
Jeff Crowe New Zealand 315 34 11
Andy Pycroft Zimbabwe 208 8 14
Richie Richardson West Indies 82 6 11
Javagal Srinath India 257 3 12

Notes

  1. ^ Replaced Richard Kettleborough in the match between India vs New Zealand on 22 October.
  2. ^ Including Semi Final 1 and the Final.
  3. ^ Replaced by Adrian Holdstock in the match between India vs New Zealand on 22 October.
  4. ^ Including Semi Final 2 and the Final.
  5. ^ Including Semi Final 2.
  6. ^ Replaced Alex Wharf in the match between Bangladesh vs South Africa on 24 October.
  7. ^ Including Semi Final
  8. ^ Replaced Alex Wharf in the match between Australia vs Sri Lanka on 16 October.
  9. ^ Replaced by Joel Wilson in the match between Australia vs Sri Lanka on 16 October
  10. ^ Replaced by Ahsan Raza in the match between Bangladesh vs South Africa on 24 October.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Match officials for the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 named". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  2. ^ "ICC announce Match Officials for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Sharfuddoula set to become first Bangladeshi umpire at men's ODI WC". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Statistics / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Statistics / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Statistics / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Statistics / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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