2019 Cricket World Cup officials

Match officials for the 2019 Cricket World Cup were selected by the Umpire selection panel and the information was released on 26 April 2019. Umpire selection panel selected 16 umpires to officiate at the World Cup: Out of 16 umpires four were from Australia, five from England, four from Asia, one each from New Zealand, South Africa and West Indies. It also selected 6 match referees for the event.[1]

Umpires

Out of the selected umpires, twelve of them belong to the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires while the remaining four belong to the International Panel of Umpires and Referees.[1] Ian Gould, an Elite panel umpire, announced that he would retire as an umpire following the conclusion of the tournament.[2] On 6 July 2019, Gould retired from umpiring, after standing in the World Cup match between India and Sri Lanka.[3][4]

Umpire Country Panel Matches WC Matches (before 2019) 2019 WC
Aleem Dar PakistanElite Panel of ICC Umpires200286
Kumar Dharmasena Sri LankaElite Panel of ICC Umpires95137
Marais Erasmus South AfricaElite Panel of ICC Umpires82127
Chris Gaffaney New ZealandElite Panel of ICC Umpires6236
Ian Gould EnglandElite Panel of ICC Umpires135175
Richard Illingworth EnglandElite Panel of ICC Umpires5956
Richard Kettleborough EnglandElite Panel of ICC Umpires82136
Nigel Llong EnglandElite Panel of ICC Umpires123115
Bruce Oxenford AustraliaElite Panel of ICC Umpires90114
Sundaram Ravi IndiaElite Panel of ICC Umpires4236
Paul Reiffel AustraliaElite Panel of ICC Umpires6345
Rod Tucker AustraliaElite Panel of ICC Umpires78135
Michael Gough EnglandInternational Panel of ICC Umpires5435
Ruchira Palliyaguruge Sri LankaInternational Panel of ICC Umpires7135
Joel Wilson West IndiesInternational Panel of ICC Umpires5835
Paul Wilson AustraliaInternational Panel of ICC Umpires2305
Last updated:[5][6]

Referees

Six referees were also selected by the selection panel. All the selected referees belong to the Elite Panel of ICC Referees.[1]

Referee Country Matches WC Matches (before 2019) 2019 WC
David Boon Australia1231111
Chris Broad England309315
Jeff Crowe New Zealand281298
Ranjan Madugalle Sri Lanka3475612
Andy Pycroft Zimbabwe17035
Richie Richardson West Indies4806
Last Updated:[7][8]

References
  1. "Match officials for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  2. "Umpire Ian Gould to retire after World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  3. "Umpire Gould prepares to raise his finger for the final time at Headingley". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  4. "Ian 'Gunner' Gould whistles his way into the sunset". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  5. "Statistics / Statsguru / ICC World Cup / Umpire and referee records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  6. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  7. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  8. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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