2015 Cricket World Cup officials

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Officials for the 2015 Cricket World Cup were selected by the Umpire selection panel and the information was released on 2 December 2014. Umpire selection panel selected 20 umpires to officiate at the World Cup: five were from Australia, five from England, five from Asia, two each from New Zealand and South Africa and one from West Indies. It also selected five match referees for the event. [1]

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The umpire selection panel consisted of Geoff Allardice (ICC General Manager - Cricket), Ranjan Madugalle (ICC Chief Match Referee), David Lloyd (former player, coach, umpire and now television commentator) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (former elite panel umpire). [1]

Umpires

Out of the selected umpires, twelve of them belong to the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires while the remaining eight belong to the International Panel of Umpires and Referees. [1]

The members of the Elite Panel of ICC umpires are generally thought to be the best umpires in the world and hence officiate in almost all international cricket tournaments and ICC Events. The rest six of the International Panel of Umpires have been identified as emerging and talented match officials, who have already officiated at international level and are now ready to umpire in the World Cup. [1]

UmpireCountryPanelMatchesWC Matches (before 2015)2015 WC
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 192213
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 165226
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 130105
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 5758
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 5666
Flag of England.svg  England Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 96107
Flag of England.svg  England Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 3305
Flag of England.svg  England Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 4849
Flag of England.svg  England Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 8656
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 6356
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 3704
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 5167
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa International Panel of Umpires and Referees 4703
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia International Panel of Umpires and Referees 1703
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand International Panel of Umpires and Referees 3803
Flag of England.svg  England International Panel of Umpires and Referees 1103
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka International Panel of Umpires and Referees 3003
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka International Panel of Umpires and Referees 2303
Flag of India.svg  India International Panel of Umpires and Referees 2103
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies International Panel of Umpires and Referees 1803

Sources: [2] [3]

Referees

Five referees were also selected by the selection panel. All the selected referees belong to the Elite Panel of ICC Referees and are considered as the best cricket referees in the world. [1]

RefereeCountryMatchesWC Matches (before 2015)2015 WC
David Boon Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 59010
Chris Broad Flag of England.svg  England 2532110
Jeff Crowe Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 207218
Ranjan Madugalle Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 288468
Roshan Mahanama Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 207159
Last Updated: 21 March 2015 [4] [5]

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