Elite Panel of ICC Referees

The Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Referees is composed of former international cricket players who are appointed by the ICC to oversee all Test match, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket matches in the capacity of Match referee. The referees are ultimately in charge of all international cricket matches, and act as the ICC's representative at the grounds. In addition they are responsible for imposing penalties for infringements of the ICC Code of Conduct, and so being ex-international cricketers they can ensure that the punishments dealt out are just. The referees also form part of the ICC's umpire performance review, submitting reports about the umpires after each match.

Current members[]

As of the 30 January 2019 the ICC Elite Panel consisted of:^[1]

Referee	Date of Birth	Age as at 26 February 2022	Tests	ODIs	T20Is	Country
David Boon^[2]	29 December 1960	61 years, 59 days	53	121	48	Australia
Chris Broad^[3]	29 September 1957	64 years, 150 days	98	303	92	England
Jeff Crowe^[4]	14 September 1958	63 years, 165 days	93	276	96	New Zealand
Ranjan Madugalle^[5]	22 April 1959	62 years, 310 days	187	341	94	Sri Lanka
Andy Pycroft^[6]	6 June 1956	65 years, 265 days	68	165	70	Zimbabwe
Richie Richardson^[7]	12 January 1962	60 years, 45 days	20	37	30	West Indies
Javagal Srinath^[8]	31 August 1969	52 years, 179 days	44	214	72	India

Past Members[]

The following people were included in the inaugural panel of elite referees in 2002, but have since retired:

Controversies[]

2006 ball-tampering controversy[]

Mike Procter was criticised for failing to persuade umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove to continue with the match, which was awarded to England when Pakistan refused to take the field in protest at being accused of ball tampering.^[9]

2007 World Cup Final[]

Jeff Crowe was seen as ultimately responsible for the failure of the five match officials (himself and umpires Bucknor, Dar, Koertzen and Bowden) to adhere to the ICC's playing conditions regarding to the number of overs required before Duckworth-Lewis can determine the outcome of a match.

This resulted in Australia and Sri Lanka having to play out three overs in near darkness, since they had been told they would otherwise have to return and play out the overs the following day. In the aftermath of this fiasco, Crowe apologised on behalf of the playing control team for the error.^[10]

Records[]

Tests[]

Most Test matches as a referee as of 23 January 2019:^[11]

Referee	Period	Matches
Ranjan Madugalle	1993–present	187
Chris Broad	2003–present	98
Jeff Crowe	2004–present	93
Andy Pycroft	2009–present	68
Roshan Mahanama	2004–2015	61

ODIs[]

Most ODI matches as a referee as of 30 January 2019:^[12]

Referee	Period	Matches
Ranjan Madugalle	1993–present	341
Chris Broad	2004–present	303
Jeff Crowe	2004–present	276
Roshan Mahanama	2004-2015	222
Javagal Srinath	2006–present	214

T20Is[]

Most T20I matches as a referee as of 3 January 2019:^[13]

Referee	Period	Matches
Jeff Crowe	2005–present	96
Ranjan Madugalle	2006–present	94
Chris Broad	2005–present	92
Javagal Srinath	2006–present	72
Andy Pycroft	2009–present	70

References[]

^ "ICC Elite Referee Panel". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
^ "David Boon". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
^ "Chris Broad". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
^ "Jeff Crowe". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
^ "Ranjan Madugalle". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
^ "Andy Pycroft". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
^ "Richie Richardson". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
^ "Javagal Srinath". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
^ See 4th from bottom paragraph
^ Crowe admits error
^ "Most matches as a referee: Test". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
^ "Most matches as a referee: ODI". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
^ "Most matches as a referee: T20I". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2019.