ICC ODI World Cup 2023 is starting from 5 October in India and the names of Umpires and match referees who will be seen officiating throughout this 2 months long tournament have been announced by the International Cricket Council on 8 September 2023. As expected, English and Australian umpires have dominated the list announced by ICC on Friday morning.
Sixteen umpires will be seen umpiring during the 13th edition of ICC ODI World Cup in India and it includes all 12 of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires as well as four members of the ICC Emerging Umpire Panel. Nitin Menon from India and Kumar Dharmasena will do on-field umpiring for the tournament opener between England vs New Zealand on 5 October 2023 in Ahmedabad.
Former Indian fast bowling legend ‘Javagal Srinath’ is going to be the match referee for the first match of ICC ODI World Cup 2023 between ENG vs NZ and apart from Srinath, 3 other match referees are also being announced by the ICC on Friday, 8 Sept 2023.
ICC ODI World Cup 2023 Match Confirmed Umpires Names Full List with their Country Names
Below is the complete list of confirmed ICC ODI World Cup 2023 umpires names with the names of country they belong to :
- Richard Kettleborough from England
- Nitin Menon from India
- Chris Gaffaney from New Zealand
- Kumar Dharmasena from Sri Lanka
- Marais Erasmus from South Africa
- Michael Gough from England
- Paul Reiffel from Australia
- Richard Illingworth from England
- Rod Tucker from Australia
- Joel Wilson from Trinidad and Tobago
- Ahsan Raza from Pakistan
- Adrian Holdstock from South Africa
- Sharfuddoula Ibne Shaid from Bangladesh
- Chris Brown – New Zealand
- Alex Wharf from England
- Paul Wilson from England
ICC ODI World Cup 2023 Match Referees Full List
Below is the complete list of confirmed ICC ODI World Cup 2023 match referees names with the names of country they belong to :
- Jeff Crowe from New Zealand
- Javagal Srinath from India
- Andy Pycroft from Zimbabwe
- Richie Richardson from West Indies