ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for upcoming series in Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa
The ICC today announced details of umpire and match referee appointments for the upcoming series in Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa.
Chris Broad from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees will take charge of the playing control team for the two-Test series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The series, which gets underway in Karachi on 21 February, will be umpired by Simon Taufel and Steve Davis, both of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires.
Ranjan Madugalle, also of the Emirates Elite Panel, will be the referee for the two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) and five-match ODI series between New Zealand and India.
The 25 February and 27 February T20Is in Christchurch and Wellington will be umpired by the local appointees, while the ODI series, which begins in Napier on 3 March, will be umpired by Rudi Koertzen of the Emirates Elite Panel along with local appointments.
Meanwhile, the Test series between South Africa and Australia begins in Johannesburg on 26 February. The series will be refereed by Jeff Crowe, also of the Emirates Elite Panel, and this three-match series will see a continuation of the trial of the umpire decision review system, which has been put to the test during series between Sri Lanka and India and New Zealand and the West Indies, as well as the current clash between the West Indies and England.
Billy Bowden and Steve Bucknor, both of the Emirates Elite Panel, will stand in the first Test in Johannesburg with another elite panelist, Asad Rauf, assuming the role of television umpire.
Bucknor and Rauf will swap their roles for the second Test to be staged in Durban while those two will come together as on-field umpires with Bowden as television umpire for the third Test to be played in Cape Town from 19 March.
Appointments of match officials for other upcoming series will be announced in due course
Pakistan Series match referee: Chris Broad21-25 Feb – Pakistan v Sri Lanka (Test), Karachi – Simon Taufel and Steve Davis
1-5 Mar – Pakistan v Sri Lanka (Test), Lahore – Simon Taufel and Steve Davis
New Zealand T20I and ODI series match referee: Ranjan Madugalle
25 Feb – New Zealand v India (T20I), Christchurch – local appointments
27 Feb – New Zealand v India (T20I), Wellington – local appointments
3 Mar – New Zealand v India (ODI), Napier – Rudi Koertzen and local appointment
6 Mar – New Zealand v India (ODI), Wellington – Rudi Koertzen and local appointment
8 Mar – New Zealand v India (ODI), Christchurch – Rudi Koertzen and local appointment
11 Mar – New Zealand v India (ODI), Hamilton – Rudi Koertzen and local appointment
14 Mar – New Zealand v India (ODI), Auckland – Rudi Koertzen and local appointment
South Africa Test series match referee: Jeff Crowe
26 Feb-2 Mar – South Africa v Australia (Test), Johannesburg – Billy Bowden and Steve Bucknor, Asad Rauf (third)
6-10 Mar – South Africa v Australia (Test), Durban – Asad Rauf and Billy Bowden, Steve Bucknor (third)
19-23 Mar – South Africa v Australia (Test), Cape Town – Asad Rauf and Steve Bucknor, Billy Bowden (third)