Elite Panel of ICC Referees

The Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Referees is composed of former international cricket players who are appointed by the ICC to oversee all Test match, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket matches in the capacity of Match referee. The referees are ultimately in charge of all international cricket matches, and act as the ICC's representative at the grounds. In addition they are responsible for imposing penalties for infringements of the ICC Code of Conduct, and so being ex-international cricketers they can ensure that the punishments dealt out are just. The referees also form part of the ICC's umpire performance review, submitting reports about the umpires after each match.

Current members

As of the 10 November 2022 the ICC Elite Panel consisted of:[1]

Referee	Date of Birth	Age as at 10 November 2022	Tests	ODIs	T20Is	Country
David Boon[2]	29 December 1960	62 years, 300 days	67	155	97	Australia
Chris Broad[3]	29 September 1957	66 years, 26 days	115	344	127	England
Jeff Crowe[4]	14 September 1958	65 years, 41 days	111	304	162	New Zealand
Ranjan Madugalle[5]	22 April 1959	64 years, 186 days	207	377	135	Sri Lanka
Andy Pycroft[6]	6 June 1956	67 years, 141 days	86	200	129	Zimbabwe
Richie Richardson[7]	12 January 1962	61 years, 286 days	40	74	69	West Indies
Javagal Srinath[8]	31 August 1969	54 years, 55 days	63	229	112	India

Past Members

The following people were included in the inaugural panel of elite referees in 2002, but have since retired:

Controversies

2006 ball-tampering controversy

Mike Procter was criticised for failing to persuade umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove to continue with the match, which was awarded to England when Pakistan refused to take the field in protest at being accused of ball tampering.[9]

2007 Cricket World Cup Final

Jeff Crowe was seen as ultimately responsible for the failure of the five match officials (himself and umpires Bucknor, Dar, Koertzen and Bowden) to adhere to the ICC's playing conditions regarding to the number of overs required before Duckworth-Lewis can determine the outcome of a match.

This resulted in Australia and Sri Lanka having to play out three overs in near darkness, since they had been told they would otherwise have to return and play out the overs the following day. In the aftermath of this fiasco, Crowe apologised on behalf of the playing control team for the error.[10]

Records

Tests

Most Test matches as a referee as of 10 November 2022:[11]

Referee	Period	Matches
Ranjan Madugalle	1993–present	207
Chris Broad	2003–present	115
Jeff Crowe	2004–present	111
Andy Pycroft	2009–present	86
David Boon	2011–present	67

ODIs

Most ODI matches as a referee as of 10 November 2022:[12]

Referee	Period	Matches
Ranjan Madugalle	1993–present	377
Chris Broad	2004–present	344
Jeff Crowe	2004–present	304
Javagal Srinath	2006–present	229
Roshan Mahanama	2004-2015	222

T20Is

Most T20I matches as a referee as of 10 November 2022:[13]

Referee	Period	Matches
Jeff Crowe	2005–present	162
Ranjan Madugalle	2006–present	135
Andy Pycroft	2009–present	129
Chris Broad	2005–present	127
Javagal Srinath	2006–present	112

References

"ICC Elite Referee Panel". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
"David Boon". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
"Chris Broad". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
"Jeff Crowe". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
"Ranjan Madugalle". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
"Andy Pycroft". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
"Richie Richardson". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
"Javagal Srinath". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
See 4th from bottom paragraph
Crowe admits error
"Most matches as a referee: Test". Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
"Most matches as a referee: ODI". Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
"Records | Twenty20 Internationals | Individual records (captains, players, umpires) | Most matches as a match referee | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2022-11-08.