Match officials for the
2019 Cricket World Cup
The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 12th Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted between 30 May ...
were selected by the Umpire selection panel and the information was released on 26 April 2019. Umpire selection panel selected 16 umpires to officiate at the World Cup: Out of 16 umpires four were from
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
, five from
England, four from
Asia, one each from
New Zealand,
South Africa and
West Indies. It also selected 6
match referee
A match referee is an official appointed to oversee professional cricket matches. Match referees for Test matches and One Day Internationals are appointed by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Most matches below international level do not ...
s for the event.
Umpires
Out of the selected umpires, twelve of them belong to the
Elite Panel of ICC Umpires
The Elite Panel of ICC Umpires is a panel of cricket umpires appointed by the International Cricket Council to officiate in Test matches and One Day Internationals around the world. The panel was first established in April 2002 when the ICC deci ...
while the remaining four belong to the
International Panel of Umpires and Referees.
, 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.
Referees
Six
referees were also selected by the selection panel. All the selected referees belong to the
Elite Panel of ICC Referees.
References
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officials
Cricket World Cup officials