Appointments finalised for warm-up and ICC World Cricket League Division 1 matches in Amsterdam
The referee and umpire appointments have been finalised for the warm-up and group stage of the ICC World Cricket League Division 1 to be held in Amsterdam from 1 to 10 July.
In all during the tournament, there will be six umpires who will officiate, including representatives from the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires and the ICC Associates and Affiliates Umpires' Panel.
The tournament match referees will be David Jukes, Adrian Griffith and Devdas Govindjee while the umpiring responsibilities will be shared between Brian Jerling, Kumar Dharmasena, Norman Malcolm (all from the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires), Niels Bagh, Buddhi Pradhan and Ian Ramage (all from the Associates and Affiliates Panel of ICC Umpires).
The Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (KNCB) has announced Ashraf Din, Huub Jansen, Bart Hartong and Erno Ruchtie who will share the reserve umpires' duties during the tournament.
The warm-up match appointments are as follows:
Tuesday 29 June
The Netherlands v Kenya, Excelsior (Schiedam); Brian Jerling/Ian Ramage and Ashraf Din (KNCB appointment), David Jukes (match referee)
Afghanistan v Scotland, Kon.UD/Salland (Deventer); Norman Malcolm/Buddhi Pradhan and Huub Jansen (KNCB appointment), Adrian Griffith (match referee)
Ireland v Canada, Kampong (Utrecht); Kumar Dharmasena/Niels Bagh and Bart Hartong (KNCB appointment), Devdas Govindjee (match referee)
The ICC World Cricket League Div.1 appointments are as follows:
Thursday 1 July
Netherlands v Scotland, VRA, Amstelveen; Kumar Dharmasena and Buddhi Pradhan, Ashraf Din (reserve), David Jukes (match referee)
Ireland v Kenya, VOC Rotterdam; Norman Malcolm and Ian Ramage, Erno Ruchtie (reserve), Adrian Griffith (match referee)
Canada v Afghanistan, VCC, Voorburg; Brian Jerling and Niels Bagh, Huub Jansen (reserve), Devdas Govindjee (match referee)
Friday 2 July
Rest/reserve day
Saturday 3 July
Canada v Scotland, VRA, Amstelveen; Norman Malcolm and Niels Bagh, Ashraf Din (reserve), David Jukes (match referee)
Ireland v Afghanistan, VOC, Rotterdam; Brian Jerling and Buddhi Pradhan, Bart Hartong (reserve), Adrian Griffith (match referee)
Netherlands v Kenya, VCC, Voorburg; Kumar Dharmasena and Ian Ramage, Huub Jansen (reserve), Devdas Govindjee (match referee)
Sunday 4 July
Rest/reserve day
Monday 5 July
Kenya v Afghanistan, VRA, Amstelveen, Brian Jerling and Niels Bagh, Erno Ruchtie (reserve), David Jukes (match referee)
Netherlands v Canada, VOC, Rotterdam; Kumar Dharmasena and Ian Ramage, Huub Jansen (reserve), Adrian Griffith (match referee)
Ireland v Scotland, VCC, Voorburg; Norman Malcolm and Buddhi Pradhan, Ashraf Din (reserve), Devdas Govindjee (match referee)
Tuesday 6 July
Rest/reserve day
Wednesday 7 July
Ireland v Canada, VRA, Amsterdam; Norman Malcolm and Ian Ramage, Bart Hartong (reserve), David Jukes (match referee)
Kenya v Scotland, VOC, Rotterdam; Kumar Dharmasena and Niels Bagh, Ashraf Din (reserve), Adrian Griffith (match referee)
Netherlands v Afghanistan, VCC, Voorburg; Brian Jerling and Buddhi Pradhan, Erno Ruchtie (reserve), Devdas Govindjee (match referee)
Thursday 8 July
Rest/reserve day
Friday 9 July
Netherlands v Ireland, VRA, Amstelveen; Kumar Dharmasena and Buddhi Pradhan, Huub Jansen (reserve) David Jukes (match referee)
Afghanistan v Scotland, VOC, Rotterdam; Norman Malcolm and Niels Bagh, Erno Ruchtie (reserve), Adrian Griffith (match referee)
Canada v Kenya, VCC, Voorburg; Brian Jerling and Ian Ramage, Ashraf Din (reserve), Devdas Govindjee (match referee)
Saturday 10 July
Final, VRA, Amstelveen - TBC
Third-fourth position play-off, VOC, Rotterdam - TBC
Fifth-sixth position play-off, VCC, Voorburg - TBC
Appointments for the play-offs will be made in due course.
Notes to reporters and editors:
The process of media accreditation for the event closes today (Sunday 20 June). If you require accreditation and still have not applied please email lucy.benjamin@icc-cricket.com immediately.
If you are interested in receiving information on the ICC WCL Div.1, please contact Lucy Benjamin on lucy.benjamin@icc-cricket.com.
The event logo can be downloaded from:
http://www.icc-cricket.com/events_and_awards/wcl/logos.php
A full match schedule for the tournament is available at http://www.icc-cricket.com/events_and_awards/wcl/fixtures.php
Final squads can be found at http://www.icc-cricket.com/newsdetails.php?newsId=10526_1276687080
The following is the schedule of media releases which will be sent out in a lead up to the ICC World Cricket League Division 1:
22 Jun ? Scotland captain Gordon Drummond's interview
23 Jun ? Afghanistan coach Kabir Khan's interview
24 Jun ? Kenya captain Maurice Ouma's interview
25 Jun ? The Netherlands captain Peter Borren's interview
26 Jun ? Canada captain Ashish Bagai's interview
27 Jun ? Ireland captain Trent Johnston's interview
29 Jun ? Tournament preview, including associate and affiliate player rankings