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 and One Day 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 19 March, 2014 the ICC Elite Panel consisted of:[1]

Referee Date of Birth Age as at 31 December 2015 Tests ODIs T20Is Country
David Boon 29 December 1960 55 years, 2 days 21 47 14 Australia Australia
Chris Broad 29 September 1957 58 years, 93 days 60 244 54 England England
Jeff Crowe 14 September 1958 57 years, 108 days 65 192 45 New Zealand New Zealand
Ranjan Madugalle 22 April 1959 56 years, 253 days 148 279 59 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Roshan Mahanama 31 May 1966 49 years, 214 days 51 193 29 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Andy Pycroft 6 June 1956 59 years, 208 days 26 102 35 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
Javagal Srinath 31 August 1969 46 years, 122 days 32 132 34 India India

Previous Members

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

Controversies

August 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.[2]

The 2007 World Cup Final

Jeff Crowe was seen as ultimately responsible for the ignorance of all five match officials (himself and umpires Bucknor, Dar, Koertzen and Bowden) of the ICC's playing conditions with regards 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 unnecessary overs in near darkness since they had been told they would otherwise have to return and play out the overs on the following day. In the aftermath Crowe apologised on behalf of the playing control team.[3]

Records

Most Test matches as a referee as of 19 March, 2014:[4]

RefereePeriodMatches
Sri Lanka Ranjan Madugalle 1993-present 148
New Zealand Jeff Crowe 2005-present 65
England Chris Broad 2004-present 60
Guyana Clive Lloyd 1992-2006 53
Sri Lanka Roshan Mahanama 2004-present 51
New Zealand John Reid 1993-2002 50
South Africa Mike Procter 2002-2008 47
Australia Alan Hurst 2004-2011 45
Barbados Cammie Smith 1993-2002 42

Most ODI matches as a referee as of 19 March, 2014:[5]

RefereePeriodMatches
Sri Lanka Ranjan Madugalle 1993-present 279
England Chris Broad 2004-present 244
New Zealand Jeff Crowe 2004-present 192
Sri Lanka Roshan Mahanama 2004-present 193
South Africa Mike Procter 2002-2008 162
Guyana Clive Lloyd 1992-2007 133

Most T20I matches as a referee as of 19 March, 2014:[6]

RefereePeriodMatches
Sri Lanka Ranjan Madugalle 2006-present 59
England Chris Broad 2005-present 54
New Zealand Jeff Crowe 2005-present 45
Zimbabwe Andy Pycroft 2009-present 35
India Javagal Srinath 2006-present 34
Sri Lanka Roshan Mahanama 2004-present 29
Australia Alan Hurst 2008-2011 26
South Africa Mike Procter 2006-2008 15

References

See also

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