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.
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).
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.
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.
UmpireCountryPanelMatchesWC Matches (before 2015)2015 WCBilly BowdenElite Panel of ICC Umpires192213Aleem DarElite Panel of ICC Umpires165226Steve DavisElite Panel of ICC Umpires130105Kumar DharmasenaElite Panel of ICC Umpires5758Marais ErasmusElite Panel of ICC Umpires5666Ian GouldElite Panel of ICC Umpires96107Richard IllingworthElite Panel of ICC Umpires3305Richard KettleboroughElite Panel of ICC Umpires4849Nigel LlongElite Panel of ICC Umpires8656Bruce OxenfordElite Panel of ICC Umpires6356Paul ReiffelElite Panel of ICC Umpires3704Rod TuckerElite Panel of ICC Umpires5167Johan CloeteInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees4703Simon FryInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees1703Chris GaffaneyInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees3803Michael GoughInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees1103Ranmore MartineszInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees3003Ruchira PalliyagurugeInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees2303Sundaram RaviInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees2103Joel WilsonInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees1803 Sources:
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.
RefereeCountryMatchesWC Matches (before 2015)2015 WCDavid Boon 59 0 10Chris Broad 253 21 10Jeff Crowe 207 21 8Ranjan Madugalle 288 46 8Roshan Mahanama 207 15 9Last Updated: 21 March 2015
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