The ODI World Cup is going to commence on 5th October 2023 and it is clear that the fans are more excited than anybody else. And now ICC and also revealed the match officials for the ODI World Cup 2023. You can see the complete details about that in this article. These 20 match officials are going to look after the league round of the ODI World Cup 2023 in India. It is going to include 12 umpires, they are from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC umpires, and 4 of the members are going to be from the ICC Emerging Umpire Panel.
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List of the 12 officials
The umpires who are going to be responsible for keeping the game fair are listed below. There is no doubt that there is a huge responsibility on their shoulders, and they need to deliver as fair decisions as possible in the ICC World Cup 2023. That will ensure that only the right deserving team is going to win the tournament.
- Chris Brown
- Kumar Dharmasena
- Marais Erasmus
- Chris Gaffaney
- Michael Gough
- Adrian Holdstock
- Richard Illingworth
- Richard Kettleborough
- Nitin Menon
- Ahsan Raza
- Paul Reiffel
- Sharfuddoula Ibne Shaid
- Rod Tucker
- Alex Wharf
- Joel Wilson
- Paul Wilson
Some of these umpires are also having the experience of umpiring in the previous edition of the World Cup. Those three umpires are Dharmasena, Erasmus, and Tucker. Even Aleem Dar could have been in this elite panel, but he left in March this year.
Wasim Khan, said: “To deliver an event of this magnitude you require high-performing individuals at every level. The ICC Elite panel of umpires, referees, and emerging group of umpires involved will bring immense skills, experience, and world class standards to this ODI World Cup 2023. We are delighted with the group that we have assembled for this tournament”.
Sean Easey said: “We are pleased to announce the match officials who will be overseeing the biggest ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup ever. This group is the best from around the world and will be ready to perform a challenging job, with the eyes of the global cricketing community focussed on the event. We are confident that they will do an excellent job and wish them all the best of luck for what promises to be a World Cup to remember.”
So let’s get ready for the ICC World Cup 2023.
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