Elite Panel of ICC Referees

Last updated

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.

Contents

Current members

As of 17 September 2025 the ICC Elite Panel consists of: [1] [2]

RefereeDate of BirthAgeTestsODIsT20IsCountry
Ranjan Madugalle [3] 22 April 195966 years, 148 days227412179 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
Jeff Crowe [4] 14 September 195867 years, 3 days130344207 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Javagal Srinath [5] 31 August 196956 years, 17 days83278139 Flag of India.svg India
Andy Pycroft [6] 6 June 195669 years, 103 days103248185 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe
Richie Richardson [7] 12 January 196263 years, 248 days58108117 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies

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
Alan Hurst 15 July 1950200420114510226 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Roshan Mahanama 31 May 1966200420156122235 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
Chris Broad 29 September 195720032024123361138 Flag of England.svg England
David Boon [8] 29 December 19602011202587183119 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia

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 9 September 2025: [11]

RefereePeriodMatches
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Ranjan Madugalle 1993–present227
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Crowe 2004–present130
Flag of England.svg Chris Broad 2003–2024123
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Andy Pycroft 2009–present103
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Boon 2011–202587

ODIs

Most ODI matches as a referee as of 9 September 2025: [12]

RefereePeriodMatches
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Ranjan Madugalle 1993–present412
Flag of England.svg Chris Broad 2004–2024361
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Crowe 2004–present344
Flag of India.svg Javagal Srinath 2006–present278
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Andy Pycroft 2009–present248

T20Is

Most T20I matches as a referee as of 17 September 2025: [13]

RefereePeriodMatches
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Crowe 2005–present207
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Andy Pycroft 2009–present185
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Ranjan Madugalle 2006–present179
Flag of India.svg Javagal Srinath 2006–present139
Flag of England.svg Chris Broad 2005–2024138

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. ↑ "Ranjan Madugalle". Cricinfo . Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Jeff Crowe". Cricinfo . Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Javagal Srinath". Cricinfo . Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "Andy Pycroft". Cricinfo . Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Richie Richardson". Cricinfo . Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Boon ends 'Match Referee' innings with plenty to cherish". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  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

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.