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 10 November 2022 the ICC Elite Panel consisted of:[1]

RefereeDate of BirthAge as at 10 November 2022TestsODIsT20IsCountry
David Boon[2] 29 December 196062 years, 46 days6715597 Australia
Chris Broad[3] 29 September 195765 years, 137 days115344127 England
Jeff Crowe[4] 14 September 195864 years, 152 days111304162 New Zealand
Ranjan Madugalle[5] 22 April 195963 years, 297 days207377135 Sri Lanka
Andy Pycroft[6] 6 June 195666 years, 252 days86200129 Zimbabwe
Richie Richardson[7] 12 January 196261 years, 32 days407469 West Indies
Javagal Srinath[8] 31 August 196953 years, 166 days63229112 India

Past 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 Cricket World Cup Final
Main article: 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 10 November 2022:[11]

RefereePeriodMatches
Ranjan Madugalle1993–present207
Chris Broad2003–present115
Jeff Crowe2004–present111
Andy Pycroft2009–present86
David Boon2011–present67

ODIs

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

RefereePeriodMatches
Ranjan Madugalle1993–present377
Chris Broad2004–present344
Jeff Crowe2004–present304
Javagal Srinath2006–present229
Roshan Mahanama2004-2015222

T20Is

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

RefereePeriodMatches
Jeff Crowe2005–present162
Ranjan Madugalle2006–present135
Andy Pycroft2009–present129
Chris Broad2005–present127
Javagal Srinath2006–present112

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 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
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