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,

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and

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cricket matches in the capacity of

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. 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

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performance review, submitting reports about the umpires after each match.

Current members

As of the 10 November 2022 the ICC Elite Panel consisted of:

Past Members

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

Gundappa Viswanath Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath (born 12 February 1949) is a former Indian cricketer. Vishwanath was rated as one of India's finest batsmen throughout the 1970s. Viswanath played Test cricket for India from 1969 to 1983, making 91 appearances ...

Wasim Raja Wasim Hasan Raja (Punjabi, ur, ) (3 July 1952 – 23 August 2006) was a British Pakistani schoolteacher, match referee, cricket coach and cricketer who played in 57 Test matches and 54 One Day Internationals for the Pakistani national crick ...

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* Mike Procter * Alan Hurst *

Roshan Mahanama Deshabandu Roshan Siriwardene Mahanama ( si, රොෂාන් මහානාම; born 31 May 1966) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a former ICC match referee. He was a key member for 1996 Cricket World Cup winning team for Sri Lanka. H ...

(from 2004)

Controversies

2006 ball-tampering controversy

Mike Procter was criticised for failing to persuade umpires

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and

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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 Cricket World Cup Final

Jeff Crowe was seen as ultimately responsible for the failure of the five match officials (himself and umpires Bucknor, Dar, Koertzen and Bowden) to adhere to the ICC's playing conditions regarding to 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 overs in near darkness, since they had been told they would otherwise have to return and play out the overs the following day. In the aftermath of this fiasco, Crowe apologised on behalf of the playing control team for the error.

Records

Tests

Most Test matches as a referee as of 10 November 2022:

ODIs

Most ODI matches as a referee as of 10 November 2022:

T20Is

Most T20I matches as a referee as of 10 November 2022:

References

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