Match officials named for CWC’23

All umpires from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires will officiate in India's upcoming ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has named 20 match officials for the Cricket World Cup league stage. The officials for the semi-finals and final will be named during the tournament.

The list comprises 16 umpires and four match referees. 

Of these, 12 belong to the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires. 

They are 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).

The remaining four belong to the ICC Emerging Umpire Panel. They include Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid (Bangladesh), Paul Wilson (Australia), Alex Wharf (England) and Chris Brown (New Zealand).

This experienced group features three umpires who officiated in the Cricket World Cup 2019 final. This includes Dharmasena, Erasmus and Tucker.

Aleem Dar will be the only umpire from that game to miss this World Cup. He stepped down from the Elite Panel in March of this year.

On the other hand, the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees for the event are Jeff Crowe (New Zealand), Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe), Richie Richardson (West Indies) and Javagal Srinath (India). All four are former international players. 
Officials for the tournament opener between England and New Zealand on 5 October, were named. Menon and Dharmasena will be the on-field umpires. Paul Wilson will be the TV umpire, with Sharfuddoula will be the fourth umpire. Pycroft will be the match referee.