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.

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Current members

As of the 2 February 2025 the ICC Elite Panel consisted of: [1] [2]

RefereeDate of BirthAgeTestsODIsT20IsCountry
David Boon [3] 29 December 196064 years, 38 days85176119 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Jeff Crowe [4] 14 September 195866 years, 144 days126335195 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Ranjan Madugalle [5] 22 April 195965 years, 289 days223406169 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
Andy Pycroft [6] 6 June 195668 years, 244 days101238174 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe
Richie Richardson [7] 12 January 196263 years, 24 days54102106 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies
Javagal Srinath [8] 31 August 196955 years, 158 days79272136 Flag of India.svg India

Past Members

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

RefereeDate of BirthJoined
Panel		Left
Panel		TestsODIsT20IsCountry
Gundappa Viswanath 12 February 19492002200415800 Flag of India.svg India
Wasim Raja 3 July 19522002200415350 Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Clive Lloyd 31 August 194420022007531332 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies
Mike Procter 15 September 1946200220084716215 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Chris Broad 29 September 195720032024123361136 Flag of England.svg England
Alan Hurst 15 July 1950200420114510226 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Roshan Mahanama 31 May 1966200420156122235 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka

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 28 July 2024: [11]

RefereePeriodMatches
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Ranjan Madugalle 1993–present216
Flag of England.svg Chris Broad 2003–present123
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Crowe 2004–present121
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Andy Pycroft 2009–present95
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Boon 2011–present76

ODIs

Most ODI matches as a referee as of 7 August 2024: [12]

RefereePeriodMatches
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Ranjan Madugalle 1993–present400
Flag of England.svg Chris Broad 2004–present361
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Crowe 2004–present329
Flag of India.svg Javagal Srinath 2006–present268
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Andy Pycroft 2009-present228

T20Is

Most T20I matches as a referee as of 30 July 2024: [13]

RefereePeriodMatches
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Crowe 2005–present186
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Ranjan Madugalle 2006–present163
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Andy Pycroft 2009–present159
Flag of England.svg Chris Broad 2005–present138
Flag of India.svg Javagal Srinath 2006–present131

References

  1. ↑ "Sharfuddoula becomes the first Bangladesh umpire to be included in the ICC Elite Panel". ICC . 28 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "ICC Elite Referee Panel". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "David Boon". 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.

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