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, 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

As of the 30 January 2019 the ICC Elite Panel consisted of:[1]

RefereeDate of BirthAge as at 24 June 2020TestsODIsT20IsCountry
David Boon[2] 29 December 196059 years, 178 days5312148 Australia
Chris Broad[3] 29 September 195762 years, 269 days9830392 England
Jeff Crowe[4] 14 September 195861 years, 284 days9327696 New Zealand
Ranjan Madugalle [5] 22 April 195961 years, 63 days18734194 Sri Lanka
Andy Pycroft [6] 6 June 195664 years, 18 days6816570 Zimbabwe
Richie Richardson[7] 12 January 196258 years, 164 days203730 West Indies
Javagal Srinath [8] 31 August 196950 years, 298 days4421472 India

Previous Members

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

Controversies

2006 ball-tampering controversy
Main article: 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 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

Tests

Most Test matches as a referee as of 23 January 2019:[11]

RefereePeriodMatches
Ranjan Madugalle1993–present187
Chris Broad2003–present98
Jeff Crowe2004–present93
Andy Pycroft2009–present68
Roshan Mahanama2004–201561

ODIs

Most ODI matches as a referee as of 30 January 2019:[12]

RefereePeriodMatches
Ranjan Madugalle1993–present341
Chris Broad2004–present303
Jeff Crowe2004–present276
Roshan Mahanama2004-2015222
Javagal Srinath2006–present214

T20Is

Most T20I matches as a referee as of 3 January 2019:[13]

RefereePeriodMatches
Jeff Crowe2005–present96
Ranjan Madugalle2006–present94
Chris Broad2005–present92
Javagal Srinath2006–present72
Andy Pycroft2009–present70

References
  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 23 January 2019.
  12. "Most matches as a referee: ODI". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  13. "Most matches as a referee: T20I". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2019.

See also
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