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Match officials for the 2019 Cricket World Cup were selected by the ICC's umpire selection panel. The panel selected 16 umpires to officiate at the tournament, four from Australia, five from England, four from Asia, and one from each of New Zealand, South Africa and West Indies. It also selected six match referees for the event.

Umpires

Out of the selected umpires, twelve were part of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires with the remaining four on the International Panel. Ian Gould, an Elite panel umpire, announced that he would retire as an umpire following the conclusion of the tournament. On 6 July 2019, Gould retired from umpiring, after standing in the World Cup match between India and Sri Lanka.

Name Country Panel Matches WC Matches (before 2019) 2019 WC
Aleem Dar Pakistan Elite Panel 200 28 6
Kumar Dharmasena Sri Lanka Elite Panel 95 13 7
Marais Erasmus South Africa Elite Panel 82 12 7
Chris Gaffaney New Zealand Elite Panel 62 3 6
Ian Gould England Elite Panel 135 17 5
Richard Illingworth England Elite Panel 59 5 6
Richard Kettleborough England Elite Panel 82 13 6
Nigel Llong England Elite Panel 123 11 5
Bruce Oxenford Australia Elite Panel 90 11 4
Sundaram Ravi India Elite Panel 42 3 6
Paul Reiffel Australia Elite Panel 63 4 5
Rod Tucker Australia Elite Panel 78 13 5
Michael Gough England International Panel 54 3 5
Ruchira Palliyaguruge Sri Lanka International Panel 71 3 5
Joel Wilson West Indies International Panel 58 3 5
Paul Wilson Australia International Panel 23 0 5
  • Source: CricInfo

Referees

Six match referees were appointed by the selection panel, all part of the Elite Panel of ICC Referees.

Name Country Matches WC Matches (before 2019) 2019 WC
David Boon Australia 123 11 11
Chris Broad England 309 31 5
Jeff Crowe New Zealand 281 29 8
Ranjan Madugalle Sri Lanka 347 56 12
Andy Pycroft Zimbabwe 170 3 5
Richie Richardson West Indies 48 0 6
  • Source: CricInfo

References

  1. ^ "Match officials for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  2. "Umpire Ian Gould to retire after World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  3. "Umpire Gould prepares to raise his finger for the final time at Headingley". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  4. "Ian 'Gunner' Gould whistles his way into the sunset". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  5. "Statistics / Statsguru / ICC World Cup / Umpire and referee records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  6. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  7. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  8. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Umpire and referee records". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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