2011 Cricket World Cup officials

Officials for the 2011 Cricket World Cup were selected by the Umpire Selection Panel and the information was released on 12 December 2010. The panel selected 18 umpires and a reserve umpire, Enamul Haque to officiate at the World Cup: five were from Australia, six from Asia, three from England, two from New Zealand and one each from South Africa and West Indies. It also selected five match referees for the event.[1]

The panel consisted of David Richardson (ICC general manager - cricket), Ranjan Madugalle (ICC chief match referee), David Lloyd (former player, coach, umpire and then television commentator) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (former elite panel umpire).[2]

Umpires

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Out of the selected umpires, 12 belonged to the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires while the remaining six belong to the International Panel of Umpires and Referees. In addition, a reserve umpire Enamul Haque from Bangladesh was selected officiated in the warm-up matches and if required, during the event.[2]

The members of the Elite Panel of ICC umpires are generally thought to be the best umpires in the world and hence officiate in almost all senior cricket tournaments and ICC events. The remaining six were identified as emerging and talented match officials, who had already officiated at international level with the experience of conditions in the Asian sub-continent and were thought to be ready to umpire in the World Cup.[3]

Aleem Dar and Simon Taufel were selected to umpire the final, their second and first World Cup final respectively.[4]

Umpire Country Panel Matches WC Matches 2011 WC
Asad Rauf   Pakistan Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 83 8 5
Billy Bowden   New Zealand Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 150 16 5
Billy Doctrove   West Indies Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 101 8 5
Aleem Dar   Pakistan Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 138 14 8
Simon Taufel   Australia Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 159 15 8
Steve Davis   Australia Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 97 3 7
Tony Hill   New Zealand Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 79 3 5
Asoka de Silva   Sri Lanka Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 110 10 4
Ian Gould   England Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 48 3 7
Daryl Harper   Australia Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 169 16 5
Marais Erasmus   South Africa Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 26 0 6
Rod Tucker   Australia Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 18 0 6
Shavir Tarapore   India International Panel of Umpires and Referees 16 0 4
Bruce Oxenford   Australia International Panel of Umpires and Referees 21 1 5
Amiesh Saheba   India International Panel of Umpires and Referees 47 0 4
Richard Kettleborough   England International Panel of Umpires and Referees 12 0 4
Nigel Llong   England International Panel of Umpires and Referees 39 0 5
Kumar Dharmasena   Sri Lanka International Panel of Umpires and Referees 20 1 5
Enamul Haque (reserve)   Bangladesh International Panel of Umpires and Referees 31 0 0

Referees

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Five referees were also selected by the selection panel, all belonged to the Elite Panel of ICC Referees.[5] Jeff Crowe was the referee in the final.

Referee Country Matches WC Matches 2011 WC
Ranjan Madugalle   Sri Lanka 252 33 13
Roshan Mahanama   Sri Lanka 151 3 12
Andy Pycroft   Zimbabwe 30 0 3
Jeff Crowe   New Zealand 131 12 9
Chris Broad   England 177 9 12

References

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  1. ^ Officials to deploy next year. Starbroek news. Retrieved on 13 Dec 2010
  2. ^ a b "Match officials announced for 2011 World Cup". CricBuzz. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  3. ^ Umpires and referees selected for the Cup Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine Yahoo. Retrieved on 13 December 2010
  4. ^ "Taufel and Dar to umpire World Cup final". ESPNcricinfo. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Saheba, Tarapore to officiate in cricket World Cup". Times of India. PTI. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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