ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for upcoming Test and ODI series in Sri Lanka, England and the West Indies
The ICC today announced details of umpire and match referee appointments for upcoming Test and ODI series in Sri Lanka, England and the West Indies.
Alan Hurst of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees will lead the playing control team in Sri Lanka where Sri Lanka and Pakistan will go head to head in first of three Tests from this Saturday which will be followed by a five-ODI and single T20I series.
The Galle Test will be umpired by Daryl Harper and Ian Gould of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires. Harper will be joined by Simon Taufel, also from the elite panel, for the second Test at P.Sara Oval in Colombo from 12 July while Taufel and Gould will stand in the third and final Test at Sinhalese Sports Club ground in Colombo on 20 July.
Steve Davis, also from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, will stand in the entire ODI series which starts in Dambulla from 30 July along with local appointments while the 12 August T20I in Colombo, which will wrap-up Pakistan’s six-week tour, will be umpired by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) appointees.
Meanwhile, England will be hosting Australia in the much-awaited five-Test Ashes series. The match referee’s responsibilities will be shared between Jeff Crowe and Ranjan Madugalle of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees with Crowe overseeing the first three Tests of the series before handing over to Madugalle for the last two Tests.
Billy Doctrove and Aleem Dar, both from the elite panel, will be in charge of the first Test starting at Cardiff from 8 July while Doctrove will be joined by Rudi Koertzen, also from the elite panel, for the second Test at Lord’s. Koertzen and Dar will stand in the third Test in Birmingham on 30 July.
Billy Bowden and Asad Rauf, both from the elite panel, will team up for the fourth and fifth Tests at Leeds and The Oval.
In the Caribbean, the West Indies will be hosting Bangladesh in a two-Test, three-ODI and one T20I series. The Test series will be overseen by Andy Pycroft of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees with Tony Hill and Asoka de Silva, both from the elite panel, as umpires.
Pycroft will then hand over to Roshan Mahanama from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees who will be the match referee for the ODI series, to be umpired by Hill along with local appointments, and the 2 August T20I which will be umpired by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) appointees.
Appointments for future matches and series will be announced in due course.
Sri Lanka
Series match referee: Alan Hurst
4-8 July: Sri Lanka v Pakistan (Test), Galle –Daryl Harper and Ian Gould
12-16 July: Sri Lanka v Pakistan (Test), Colombo (PSS) – Simon Taufel and Daryl Harper
20-24 July: Sri Lanka v Pakistan (Test), Colombo (SSC) – Simon Taufel and Ian Gould
30 July: Sri Lanka v Pakistan (ODI), Dambulla – Steve Davis and local appointment
1 August: Sri Lanka v Pakistan (ODI), Dambulla – Steve Davis and local appointment
3 August: Sri Lanka v Pakistan (ODI), Dambulla – Steve Davis and local appointment
7 August: Sri Lanka v Pakistan (ODI), Colombo – Steve Davis and local appointment
9 August: Sri Lanka v Pakistan (ODI), Colombo – Steve Davis and local appointment
12 August: Sri Lanka v Pakistan (T20I), Colombo – local appointments
England
Test series match referee: Jeff Crowe and Ranjan Madugalle
8-12 July: England v Australia (Test), Cardiff – Billy Doctrove and Aleem Dar, Jeff Crowe (referee)
16-20 July: England v Australia (Test), Lord’s – Billy Doctrove and Rudi Koertzen, Jeff Crowe (referee)
30 July-3 August: England v Australia (Test), Birmingham – Rudi Koertzen and Aleem Dar, Jeff Crowe (referee)
7-11 August: England v Australia (Test), Leeds – Billy Bowden and Asad Rauf, Ranjan Madugalle (referee)
20-24 August: England v Australia (Test), The Oval – Billy Bowden and Asad Rauf, Ranjan Madugalle (referee)
West Indies
Test series match referee: Andy Pycroft
9-13 July: West Indies v Bangladesh (Test), St Vincent – Tony Hill and Asoka de Silva
17-21 July: West Indies v Bangladesh (Test), Grenada – Tony Hill and Asoka de Silva
ODI and T20I match referee: Roshan Mahanama
26 July: West Indies v Bangladesh (ODI), Dominica – Tony Hill and local appointment
28 July: West Indies v Bangladesh (ODI), Dominica – Tony Hill and local appointment
31 July: West Indies v Bangladesh (ODI), St Kitts – Tony Hill and local appointment
2 August: West Indies v Bangladesh (T20I), St Kitts – local appointments