2019 Cricket World Cup officials

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Match officials for the 2019 Cricket World Cup were selected by the Umpire selection panel and the information was released on 26 April, 2019. Umpire selection panel selected 16 umpires to officiate at the World Cup: Out of 16 umpires four were from Australia, five from England, four from Asia, one each from New Zealand, South Africa and West Indies. It also selected 6 match referees for the event.[1]

Umpires[]

Out of the selected umpires, twelve of them belong to the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires while the remaining four belong to the International Panel of Umpires and Referees.[1] Ian Gould, an Elite panel umpire, announced that he would retire as an umpire following the conclusion of the tournament.[2] On 6 July 2019, Gould retired from umpiring, after standing in the World Cup match between India and Sri Lanka.[3][4]

Umpire Country Panel Matches WC Matches (before 2019) 2019 WC
Aleem Dar  Pakistan Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 200 28 6
Kumar Dharmasena  Sri Lanka Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 95 13 7
Marais Erasmus  South Africa Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 82 12 7
Chris Gaffaney  New Zealand Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 62 3 6
Ian Gould  England Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 135 17 5
Richard Illingworth  England Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 59 5 6
Richard Kettleborough  England Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 82 13 6
Nigel Llong  England Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 123 11 5
Bruce Oxenford  Australia Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 90 11 4
Sundaram Ravi  India Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 42 3 6
Paul Reiffel  Australia Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 63 4 5
Rod Tucker  Australia Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 78 13 5
Michael Gough  England International Panel of ICC Umpires 54 3 5
Ruchira Palliyaguruge  Sri Lanka International Panel of ICC Umpires 71 3 5
Joel Wilson  West Indies International Panel of ICC Umpires 58 3 5
Paul Wilson  Australia International Panel of ICC Umpires 23 0 5
Last updated: [5][6]

Referees[]

Six referees were also selected by the selection panel. All the selected referees belong to the Elite Panel of ICC Referees.[1]

Referee Country Matches WC Matches (before 2019) 2019 WC
David Boon  Australia 123 11 11
Chris Broad  England 309 31 5
Jeff Crowe  New Zealand 281 29 8
Ranjan Madugalle  Sri Lanka 347 56 12
Andy Pycroft  Zimbabwe 170 3 5
Richie Richardson  West Indies 48 0 6
Last Updated: [7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Match officials for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Umpire Ian Gould to retire after World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Umpire Gould prepares to raise his finger for the final time at Headingley". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Ian 'Gunner' Gould whistles his way into the sunset". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / ICC World Cup / Umpire and referee records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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