2023 Cricket World Cup officials

Match officials for the 2023 Cricket World Cup were selected by the Umpire selection panel, headed by Sean Easey, ICC Senior Manager – Umpires and Referees. The umpire selection panel selected 12 umpires to officiate at the World Cup: Out of 16 umpires three were from Australia, four from England, four from Asia, two each from New Zealand and South Africa and one from West Indies. It also selected 4 match referees for the event.[1][2]

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 who are the members of the ICC Emerging Panel of Umpires.[1]

Sharfuddoula became the first Bangladeshi umpire to be selected as one of the umpires for the Men's World Cup.[3] Aleem Dar who was one of the match officials for the 2019 Cricket World Cup Final, was a notable exclusion from this list since he stepped down from the Elite Panel in March 2023. Nitin Menon who will stand in his World Cup match, is the youngest match official at the age of 39.[4]

Alex Wharf was replaced by Joel Wilson as one of the on-field umpires during the match between Australia and Sri Lanka on 16 October. Wharf, originally named Third umpire for the matches between Afghnistan and New Zealand on 18 October and Australia and Pakistan on 20 October, was replaced by the reserve umpires of those concerning matches while India's Jayaraman Madanagopal took up the duty of reserve umpire. Wharf was again replaced by Ahsan Raza as an on-field umpire in the match between Bangladesh vs South Africa on 24 October, while K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan took the charge of the fourth umpire.

On 22 October, in the match between India vs New Zealand, the fourth umpire of the match Adrian Holdstock took the on-field duty replacing Richard Kettleborough while local umpire Praveen Sen was the fourth umpire.

Umpire Country Panel Matches
(before 2023 WC)[5]		 WC Matches
(before 2023)[6]		 2023 WC Matches
Kumar Dharmasena Sri LankaElite Panel of ICC Umpires121216
Marais Erasmus South AfricaElite Panel of ICC Umpires117196
Chris Gaffaney New ZealandElite Panel of ICC Umpires8096
Michael Gough EnglandElite Panel of ICC Umpires7986
Adrian Holdstock South AfricaElite Panel of ICC Umpires4806[lower-alpha 1]
Richard Illingworth EnglandElite Panel of ICC Umpires82116
Richard Kettleborough EnglandElite Panel of ICC Umpires98195[lower-alpha 2]
Nitin Menon IndiaElite Panel of ICC Umpires5006
Ahsan Raza PakistanElite Panel of ICC Umpires4506[lower-alpha 3]
Paul Reiffel AustraliaElite Panel of ICC Umpires8296
Rod Tucker AustraliaElite Panel of ICC Umpires93186
Joel Wilson West IndiesElite Panel of ICC Umpires8587[lower-alpha 4]
Chris Brown New ZealandInternational Panel of ICC Umpires2205
Sharfuddoula BangladeshInternational Panel of ICC Umpires5405
Alex Wharf EnglandInternational Panel of ICC Umpires1803[lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 6]
Paul Wilson AustraliaInternational Panel of ICC Umpires3955

Umpires' on-field performances
Umpire Matches
Officiated		 UDRS Performances
Decision
Challenged		Decision
Upheld		Decision
Overturned		Accuracy %
Sri Lanka Kumar Dharmasena497277.77
South Africa Marais Erasmus263350.00
New Zealand Chris Gaffaney354180.00
England Michael Gough4108280.00
South Africa Adrian Holdstock474357.14
England Richard Illingworth343175.00
England Richard Kettleborough464266.67
India Nitin Menon3110100.00
Pakistan Ahsan Raza386275.00
Australia Paul Reiffel485362.50
Australia Rod Tucker365183.33
Cricket West Indies Joel Wilson595455.55
New Zealand Chris Brown3107370.00
Bangladesh Sharfuddoula343175.00
England Alex Wharf2440100.00
Australia Paul Wilson2110100.00
Last Update: till the match between  Pakistan v  South Africa on 27 October 2023

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]

Referee Country Matches
(before 2023 WC)[7]		 WC Matches
(before 2023)[8]		 2023 WC Matches
Jeff Crowe New Zealand3153411
Andy Pycroft Zimbabwe208812
Richie Richardson West Indies82611
Javagal Srinath India257311

Notes
  1. Replaced Richard Kettleborough in the match between India vs New Zealand on 22 October.
  2. Replaced by Adrian Holdstock in the match between India vs New Zealand on 22 October.
  3. Replaced Alex Wharf in the match between Bangladesh vs South Africa on 24 October.
  4. Replaced Alex Wharf in the match between Australia vs Sri Lanka on 16 October.
  5. Replaced by Joel Wilson in the match between Australia vs Sri Lanka on 16 October
  6. Replaced by Ahsan Raza in the match between Bangladesh vs South Africa on 24 October.

References
  1. "Match officials for the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 named". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  2. "ICC announce Match Officials for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  3. "Sharfuddoula set to become first Bangladeshi umpire at men's ODI WC". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  4. "Dharmasena and Menon to take charge of ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 opener". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  5. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / 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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