2023 Cricket World Cup officials explained

Match officials for the 2023 Cricket World Cup were selected by the ICC's umpire selection panel, headed by Sean Easey, the ICC's senior manager for umpires and referees. The panel selected 12 umpires to officiate at the tournament: three from Australia, four from England, four from Asia (one each from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), two each from New Zealand and South Africa and one from the West Indies. It also selected four match referees for the event.[1] [2]

Umpires

Of the 16 umpires selected for the tournament, 12 were from the ICC Elite Panel while the remaining four were from the International Panel.

Sharfuddoula became the first Bangladeshi umpire to be selected as one of the umpires for the Men's World Cup.[3]

UmpireCountryPanelMatches
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WC Matches
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2023 WC Matches
Sri Lanka 121 21 6
South Africa Elite Panel 117 19 6
New Zealand Elite Panel 80 9 6
England Elite Panel 79 8 6
South Africa Elite Panel 48 0 6
England Elite Panel 82 11 8
England Elite Panel 98 19 7
India Elite Panel 50 0 7
Pakistan Elite Panel 45 0 6
Australia Elite Panel 82 9 6
Australia Elite Panel 93 18 7
West Indies Elite Panel 85 8 7
New Zealand 22 0 5
Bangladesh International Panel 54 0 5
England International Panel 18 0 3
Australia International Panel 39 5 5

Referees

In this World Cup, only four referees were selected by the selection panel. All the selected referees belong to the Elite Panel of ICC Referees.[1]

RefereeCountryMatches
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WC Matches
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2023 WC Matches
New Zealand 315 34 11
Zimbabwe 208 8 14
West Indies 82 6 11
India 257 3 12

Notes and References

  1. News: Match officials for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 named . 22 September 2023 . www.icc-cricket.com . en.
  2. News: ICC announce Match Officials for ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 . 22 September 2023 . www.icc-cricket.com . en.
  3. News: Sharfuddoula set to become first Bangladeshi umpire at men’s ODI WC . 22 September 2023 . Dhaka Tribune.
  4. Web site: Statistics / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records. ESPNcricinfo. 12 February 2015.
  5. Web site: Statistics / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records. ESPNcricinfo. 12 February 2015.
  6. Web site: Statistics / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records. ESPNcricinfo. 12 February 2015.
  7. Web site: Statistics / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records. ESPNcricinfo. 12 February 2015.