Elite Panel of ICC Referees

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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 edit

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, 331 days 73 171 100   Australia
Chris Broad[3] 29 September 1957 66 years, 57 days 120 355 131   England
Jeff Crowe[4] 14 September 1958 65 years, 72 days 115 326 167   New Zealand
Ranjan Madugalle[5] 22 April 1959 64 years, 217 days 214 394 139   Sri Lanka
Andy Pycroft[6] 6 June 1956 67 years, 172 days 93 221 135   Zimbabwe
Richie Richardson[7] 12 January 1962 61 years, 317 days 47 93 77   West Indies
Javagal Srinath[8] 31 August 1969 54 years, 86 days 65 269 118   India

Past Members edit

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

Controversies edit

2006 ball-tampering controversy edit

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 edit

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 edit

Tests edit

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

Referee Period Matches
  Ranjan Madugalle 1993–present 214
  Chris Broad 2003–present 120
  Jeff Crowe 2004–present 115
  Andy Pycroft 2009–present 93
  David Boon 2011–present 73

ODIs edit

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

Referee Period Matches
  Ranjan Madugalle 1993–present 394
  Chris Broad 2004–present 355
  Jeff Crowe 2004–present 326
  Javagal Srinath 2006–present 269
  Roshan Mahanama 2004-2015 222

T20Is edit

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

Referee Period Matches
  Jeff Crowe 2005–present 167
  Ranjan Madugalle 2006–present 139
  Andy Pycroft 2009–present 135
  Chris Broad 2005–present 131
  Javagal Srinath 2006–present 118

References edit

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

See also edit