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 23 February, 2017 the ICC Elite Panel consisted of:^[1]

Referee	Date of Birth	Age as at 17 August 2017	Tests	ODIs	T20Is	Country
David Boon[2]	29 December 1960	7004206850000000000♠56 years, 231 days	38	88	39	Australia
Chris Broad[3]	29 September 1957	7004218720000000000♠59 years, 322 days	83	281	71	England
Jeff Crowe[4]	14 September 1958	7004215220000000000♠58 years, 337 days	81	250	70	New Zealand
Ranjan Madugalle [5]	22 April 1959	7004213020000000000♠58 years, 117 days	175	304	85	Sri Lanka
Andy Pycroft [6]	6 June 1956	7004223520000000000♠61 years, 72 days	52	126	52	Zimbabwe
Javagal Srinath [7]	31 August 1969	7004175180000000000♠47 years, 351 days	35	194	60	India
Richie Richardson[8]	12 January 1962	7004203060000000000♠55 years, 217 days	6	19	18	West Indies

Previous Members

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

• Gundappa Viswanath
• Wasim Raja
• Clive Lloyd
• Mike Procter
• Alan Hurst

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.^[9]

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.^[10]

Records

Test

Most Test matches as a referee as of 23 February, 2017:^[11]

Referee	Period	Matches
Ranjan Madugalle	1993-present	175
Chris Broad	2003-present	83
Jeff Crowe	2004-present	81
Roshan Mahanama	2004-2015	61
Clive Lloyd	1992-2006	53

ODI

Most ODI matches as a referee as of 23 February, 2017:^[12]

Referee	Period	Matches
Ranjan Madugalle	1993-present	304
Chris Broad	2004-present	281
Jeff Crowe	2004-present	250
Roshan Mahanama	2004-2015	222
Javagal Srinath	2006-present	194

T20I

Most T20I matches as a referee as of 23 February, 2017:^[13]

Referee	Period	Matches
Ranjan Madugalle	2006-present	85
Chris Broad	2005-present	71
Jeff Crowe	2005-present	70
Javagal Srinath	2006-present	60
David Jukes	2010-present	53

References

See also

• Umpire (cricket)
• Elite Panel of ICC Umpires
• International Panel of ICC Umpires