2023 Cricket World Cup officials

Match officials for the 2023 Cricket World Cup were selected by the International Cricket Council (ICC) 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 DharmasenaSri Lanka Sri LankaElite Panel121216
Marais ErasmusSouth Africa South AfricaElite Panel117196
Chris GaffaneyNew Zealand New ZealandElite Panel8096
Michael GoughEngland EnglandElite Panel7986
Adrian HoldstockSouth Africa South AfricaElite Panel4806[a]
Richard IllingworthEngland EnglandElite Panel82118[b]
Richard KettleboroughEngland EnglandElite Panel98197[c][d]
Nitin MenonIndia IndiaElite Panel5007[e]
Ahsan RazaPakistan PakistanElite Panel4506[f]
Paul ReiffelAustralia AustraliaElite Panel8296
Rod TuckerAustralia AustraliaElite Panel93187[g]
Joel WilsonCricket West Indies West IndiesElite Panel8587[h]
Chris BrownNew Zealand New ZealandInternational Panel2205
SharfuddoulaBangladesh BangladeshInternational Panel5405
Alex WharfEngland EnglandInternational Panel1803[i][j]
Paul WilsonAustralia AustraliaInternational Panel3955

Referees

Four referees were selected by the selection panel for this World Cup. All the selected referees belonged to the Elite Panel of ICC Referees.[1]

Referee Country Matches
(before 2023 WC)[6]
WC Matches
(before 2023)[7]
2023 WC Matches
Jeff CroweNew Zealand New Zealand3153411
Andy PycroftZimbabwe Zimbabwe208814
Richie RichardsonCricket West Indies West Indies82611
Javagal SrinathIndia India257312

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. 1 2 3 "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.