2015 Cricket World Cup officials

Officials for the 2015 Cricket World Cup were selected by the Umpire selection panel and the information was released on 2 December 2014. Umpire selection panel selected 20 umpires to officiate at the World Cup: five were from Australia, five from England, five from Asia, two each from New Zealand and South Africa and one from West Indies. It also selected five match referees for the event.[1]

The umpire selection panel consisted of Geoff Allardice (ICC General Manager - Cricket), Ranjan Madugalle (ICC Chief Match Referee), David Lloyd (former player, coach, umpire and now television commentator) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (former elite panel umpire).[1]

Umpires

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Out of the selected umpires, twelve of them belong to the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires while the remaining eight belong to the International Panel of Umpires and Referees.[1]

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 international cricket tournaments and ICC Events. The rest six of the International Panel of Umpires have been identified as emerging and talented match officials, who have already officiated at international level and are now ready to umpire in the World Cup.[1]

Umpire Country Panel Matches WC Matches (before 2015) 2015 WC
Billy Bowden   New Zealand Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 192 21 3
Aleem Dar   Pakistan Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 165 22 6
Steve Davis   Australia Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 130 10 5
Kumar Dharmasena   Sri Lanka Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 57 5 8
Marais Erasmus   South Africa Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 56 6 6
Ian Gould   England Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 96 10 7
Richard Illingworth   England Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 33 0 5
Richard Kettleborough   England Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 48 4 9
Nigel Llong   England Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 86 5 6
Bruce Oxenford   Australia Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 63 5 6
Paul Reiffel   Australia Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 37 0 4
Rod Tucker   Australia Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 51 6 7
Johan Cloete   South Africa International Panel of Umpires and Referees 47 0 3
Simon Fry   Australia International Panel of Umpires and Referees 17 0 3
Chris Gaffaney   New Zealand International Panel of Umpires and Referees 38 0 3
Michael Gough   England International Panel of Umpires and Referees 11 0 3
Ranmore Martinesz   Sri Lanka International Panel of Umpires and Referees 30 0 3
Ruchira Palliyaguruge   Sri Lanka International Panel of Umpires and Referees 23 0 3
S. Ravi   India International Panel of Umpires and Referees 21 0 3
Joel Wilson   West Indies International Panel of Umpires and Referees 18 0 3

Sources:[2][3]

Referees

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Five referees were also selected by the selection panel. All the selected referees belong to the Elite Panel of ICC Referees and are considered as the best cricket referees in the world.[1]

Referee Country Matches WC Matches (before 2015) 2015 WC
David Boon   Australia 59 0 10
Chris Broad   England 253 21 10
Jeff Crowe   New Zealand 207 21 8
Ranjan Madugalle   Sri Lanka 288 46 8
Roshan Mahanama   Sri Lanka 207 15 9
Last Updated: 21 March 2015 [4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "ICC announces match officials for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015". 2 December 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.