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 30 January 2019 the ICC Elite Panel consisted of:
RefereeDate of BirthAge as at TestsODIsT20IsCountry
David Boon29 December 19605312148 Australia
Chris Broad29 September 19579830392 England
Jeff Crowe14 September 19589327696 New Zealand
Ranjan Madugalle22 April 195918734194 Sri Lanka
Andy Pycroft6 June 19566816570 Zimbabwe
Richie Richardson12 January 1962203730 West Indies
Javagal Srinath31 August 19694421472 India

Previous Members

The following people were included in the inaugural panel of elite referees in 2002, but have since retired:

2006 ball-tampering controversy

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.

2007 World Cup Final

was seen as ultimately responsible for the ignorance of all five match officials of the ICC's playing conditions with regards 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 unnecessary overs in near darkness since they had been told they would otherwise have to return and play out the overs on the following day. In the aftermath Crowe apologised on behalf of the playing control team.

Records

Tests

Most Test matches as a referee as of 23 January 2019:
RefereePeriodMatches
Ranjan Madugalle1993–present187
Chris Broad2003–present98
Jeff Crowe2004–present93
Andy Pycroft2009–present68
Roshan Mahanama2004–201561

ODIs

Most ODI matches as a referee as of 30 January 2019:
RefereePeriodMatches
Ranjan Madugalle1993–present341
Chris Broad2004–present303
Jeff Crowe2004–present276
Roshan Mahanama2004-2015222
Javagal Srinath2006–present214

T20Is

Most T20I matches as a referee as of 3 January 2019:
RefereePeriodMatches
Jeff Crowe2005–present96
Ranjan Madugalle2006–present94
Chris Broad2005–present92
Javagal Srinath2006–present72
Andy Pycroft2009–present70