ICC Umpire and Referee appointments

The ICC announces the provisional appointment of officials for upcoming series and matches as early as possible, although sometimes these appointments can change prior to the match or series. When determining which umpires will stand in each match/series, the ICC applies the following criteria and considerations:

  • Independent of the countries involved in the match/series
  • The best available umpires for the match/series
  • Better performing umpires used more often
  • The frequency of individuals appointed to same teams
  • Workload considerations

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 - Warm-up Matches

Date Time Venue Team A Team B Referee On-Field On-Field 3rd/TV Umpire 4th Umpire
02 October 2023 14:00 Guwahati England Bangladesh Javagal Srinath Paul Wilson Sharfuddoula Kumar Dharmasena Nitin Menon
02 October 2023 14:00 Thiruvananthapuram New Zealand South Africa Richie Richardson Chris Gaffaney Richard Kettleborough Richard Illingworth  
03 October 2023 14:00 Guwahati Afghanistan Sri Lanka Andrew Pycroft Joel Wilson Ahsan Raza Marais Erasmus  
03 October 2023 14:00 Hyderabad Pakistan Australia Jeff Crowe Rodney Tucker Paul Reiffel Adrian Holdstock Chris Brown
03 October 2023 14:00 Thiruvananthapuram India Netherlands Richie Richardson Michael Gough Alex Wharf Chris Gaffaney  


ICC Cricket World Cup 2023

Date Time Venue Team A Team B Referee On-Field On-Field TV Umpire 4th Umpire
05 October 2023 14:00 Ahmedabad England New Zealand Javagal Srinath Nitin Menon Kumar Dharmasena Paul Wilson Sharfuddoula
06 October 2023 14:00 Hyderabad Pakistan Netherlands Jeff Crowe Chris Brown Adrian Holdstock Rodney Tucker Paul Reiffel
07 October 2023 10:30 Dharamshala Bangladesh Afghanistan Andrew Pycroft Joel Wilson Kumar Dharmasena Ahsan Raza Marais Erasmus
07 October 2023 14:00 Delhi South Africa Sri Lanka Javagal Srinath Richard Illingworth Sharfuddoula Michael Gough Alex Wharf
08 October 2023 14:00 Chennai India Australia Richie Richardson Chris Gaffaney Richard Kettleborough Chris Brown Adrian Holdstock
09 October 2023 14:00 Hyderabad New Zealand Netherlands Andrew Pycroft Rodney Tucker Paul Reiffel Joel Wilson Nitin Menon
10 October 2023 14:00 Hyderabad Pakistan Sri Lanka Andrew Pycroft Chris Gaffaney Alex Wharf Nitin Menon Rodney Tucker
10 October 2023 10:30 Dharamshala England Bangladesh Javagal Srinath Ahsan Raza Paul Wilson Adrian Holdstock Kumar Dharmasena
11 October 2023 14:00 Delhi India Afghanistan Jeff Crowe Michael Gough Paul Reiffel Marais Erasmus Sharfuddoula
12 October 2023 14:00 Lucknow Australia South Africa Javagal Srinath Joel Wilson Richard Illingworth Richard Kettleborough Chris Brown
13 October 2023 14:00 Chennai New Zealand Bangladesh Richie Richardson Kumar Dharmasena Nitin Menon Michael Gough Alex Wharf
14 October 2023 14:00 Ahmedabad India Pakistan Andrew Pycroft Richard Illingworth Marais Erasmus Richard Kettleborough Chris Gaffaney
15 October 2023 14:00 Delhi England Afghanistan Jeff Crowe Sharfuddoula Rodney Tucker Paul Reiffel Paul Wilson
16 October 2023 14:00 Lucknow Australia Sri Lanka Richie Richardson Alex Wharf Chris Gaffaney Chris Brown Joel Wilson
17 October 2023 14:00 Dharamshala South Africa Netherlands Jeff Crowe Richard Kettleborough Michael Gough Sharfuddoula Ahsan Raza
18 October 2023 14:00 Chennai New Zealand Afghanistan Javagal Srinath Paul Wilson Joel Wilson Alex Wharf Richard Illingworth
19 October 2023 14:00 Pune India Bangladesh Andrew Pycroft Adrian Holdstock Richard Kettleborough Kumar Dharmasena Marais Erasmus
20 October 2023 14:00 Bengaluru Australia Pakistan Richie Richardson Richard Illingworth Chris Brown Alex Wharf Michael Gough
21 October 2023 10:30 Lucknow Netherlands Sri Lanka Jeff Crowe Ahsan Raza Marais Erasmus Rodney Tucker Chris Gaffaney
21 October 2023 14:00 Mumbai England South Africa Javagal Srinath Nitin Menon Kumar Dharmasena Paul Reiffel Joel Wilson
22 October 2023 14:00 Dharamshala India New Zealand Andrew Pycroft Richard Kettleborough Michael Gough Paul Wilson Adrian Holdstock
23 October 2023 14:00 Chennai Pakistan Afghanistan Richie Richardson Paul Reiffel Rodney Tucker Chris Gaffaney Kumar Dharmasena
24 October 2023 14:00 Mumbai South Africa Bangladesh Jeff Crowe Alex Wharf Joel Wilson Paul Wilson Ahsan Raza
25 October 2023 14:00 Delhi Australia Netherlands Andrew Pycroft Sharfuddoula Michael Gough Marais Erasmus Nitin Menon
26 October 2023 14:00 Bengaluru England Sri Lanka Javagal Srinath Chris Brown Adrian Holdstock Ahsan Raza Rodney Tucker
27 October 2023 14:00 Chennai Pakistan South Africa Richie Richardson Paul Reiffel Alex Wharf Richard Illingworth Richard Kettleborough
28 October 2023 10:30 Dharamshala Australia New Zealand Andrew Pycroft Sharfuddoula Marais Erasmus Nitin Menon Michael Gough
28 October 2023 14:00 Kolkata Netherlands Bangladesh Jeff Crowe Joel Wilson Paul Wilson Kumar Dharmasena Chris Gaffaney
29 October 2023 14:00 Lucknow India England Richie Richardson Rodney Tucker Adrian Holdstock Ahsan Raza Chris Brown
30 October 2023 14:00 Pune Afghanistan Sri Lanka Javagal Srinath Richard Illingworth Chris Gaffaney Alex Wharf Marais Erasmus
31 October 2023 14:00 Kolkata Pakistan Bangladesh Andrew Pycroft Richard Kettleborough Nitin Menon Adrian Holdstock Paul Reiffel
01 November 2023 14:00 Pune New Zealand South Africa Richie Richardson Kumar Dharmasena Ahsan Raza Sharfuddoula Paul Wilson
02 November 2023 14:00 Mumbai India Sri Lanka Jeff Crowe Chris Brown Paul Reiffel Rodney Tucker Richard Illingworth
03 November 2023 14:00 Lucknow Netherlands Afghanistan Javagal Srinath Nitin Menon Sharfuddoula Michael Gough Kumar Dharmasena
04 November 2023 14:00 Ahmedabad England Australia Jeff Crowe Chris Gaffaney Marais Erasmus Adrian Holdstock Ahsan Raza
04 November 2023 10:30 Bengaluru New Zealand Pakistan Richie Richardson Paul Wilson Richard Kettleborough Richard Illingworth Joel Wilson
05 November 2023 14:00 Kolkata India South Africa Andrew Pycroft Paul Reiffel Kumar Dharmasena Chris Brown Alex Wharf
06 November 2023 14:00 Delhi Bangladesh Sri Lanka Richie Richardson Richard Illingworth Marais Erasmus Nitin Menon Adrian Holdstock
07 November 2023 14:00 Mumbai Australia Afghanistan Jeff Crowe Michael Gough Alex Wharf Chris Gaffaney Sharfuddoula
08 November 2023 14:00 Pune England Netherlands Andrew Pycroft Ahsan Raza Rodney Tucker Marais Erasmus Paul Wilson
09 November 2023 14:00 Bengaluru New Zealand Sri Lanka Javagal Srinath Adrian Holdstock Joel Wilson Richard Kettleborough Paul Reiffel
10 November 2023 14:00 Ahmedabad South Africa Afghanistan Jeff Crowe Nitin Menon Chris Brown Kumar Dharmasena Chris Gaffaney
11 November 2023 10:30 Pune Australia Bangladesh Andrew Pycroft Ahsan Raza Marais Erasmus Richard Illingworth Richard Kettleborough
11 November 2023 14:00 Kolkata England Pakistan Javagal Srinath Paul Wilson Rodney Tucker Sharfuddoula Paul Reiffel
12 November 2023 14:00 Bengaluru India Netherlands Richie Richardson Michael Gough Chris Gaffaney Joel Wilson Chris Brown
15 November 2023 14:00 Mumbai 1st Place 4th Place          
16 November 2023 14:00 Kolkata 2nd Place 3rd Place          
19 November 2023 14:00 Ahmedabad Final Final