ICC World Cup 2023: ICC Announces Full List Of Umpires And Match Referees For World Cup, Nitin Menon The Only Indian Umpire

The International Cricket Council (ICC), on Friday (September 8), announced the list of all the umpires who will be officiating in the upcoming ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 or the ICC World Cup 2023.

Less than a month is remaining before the highly-anticipated ICC World Cup 2023 gets underway. It will be the thirteenth edition of the ODI World Cup. The marquee event will be played in India from October 5 to November 19. A total of ten teams will be participating in the World Cup – India, England, New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Netherlands.

The tournament will be played across ten venues as India gear up to host the competition alone for the first time. In the past, India had co-hosted the ODI World Cup on three occasion. The opening game and the final are scheduled to be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Reigning champions England will take on New Zealand in the tournament-opener.

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Elite Panel of ICC Umpires for ICC World Cup 2023:

Talking about the umpires for the ICC World Cup 2023, the ICC has named 20 match officials for the league stage. The officials for the semi-finals and final will be named in due course of the tournament. Out of the 20 officials named for the league stage, 12 belong to the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires.

The remaining four are from the ICC Emerging Umpire Panel while the other four officials are from the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees. From India, only Nitin Menon is a part of the umpires’ panel while former fast-bowler Javagal Srinath is a part of the Match Referees’ panel.

Menon and Kumar Dharmasena will be the on-field umpires for the World Cup-opener between England and New Zealand. Paul Wilson will be the TV umpire while Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid will be the fourth umpire. Andy Pycroft will be the match referee.

Umpires for ICC World Cup 2023:

Christopher Gaffaney (New Zealand), Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Marais Erasmus (South Africa), Michael Gough (England), Nitin Menon (India), Paul Reiffel (Australia), Richard Illingworth (England), Richard Kettleborough (England), Rodney Tucker (Australia), Joel Wilson (West Indies), Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), and Adrian Holdstock (South Africa), Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid (Bangladesh), Paul Wilson (Australia), Alex Wharf (England) and Chris Brown (New Zealand).

Match referees for ICC World Cup 2023:

Jeff Crowe (New Zealand), Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe), Richie Richardson (West Indies) and Javagal Srinath (India).