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In context of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup which is going to place from October 16 to November 13, 2022, a full list of umpires and referees have been announced. The tournament will be taking place in Australia.
Near around 16 umpires and 4 referees will be associating for this upcoming tournament. According to reports, there will be umpires who were a part of the last year’s final, which witnessed Australia achieving their first ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, till date. The list also comprises of umpires who have been featured in previous year’s tournament, that took place in the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
Also, in the referee section four former cricketers from England, Zimbabwe, Australia and Sri Lanka will be taking over the charge of the tournament.
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The complete checklist of umpires and referees is being mentioned below:
List of Referees
- Christopher Broad
- Andrew Pycroft
- David Boon
- Ranjan Madugalle
List of Umpires
- Aleem Dar
- Adrian Holdstock
- Christopher Brown
- Ahsan Raza
- Christopher Gaffaney
- Kumara Dharmasena
- Joel Wilson
- Langton Rusere
- Marais Erasmus
- Nitin Menon
- Michael Gough
- Paul Wilson
- Richard Illingworth
- Richard Kettleborough
- Rodney Tucker
- Paul Reiffel
However, any sort of cricket tournament requires the guide and supervision of umpires along with referees. The match officials like them mostly supervise the fixtures of competitive sporting, and make sure that the proper rules are being followed off. Their most important duty is to make sure that all the rules related to the sport are followed by, also any sort of indiscipline is addressed and taken care of by them. Any matters regarding to time limit, equipment, harassment in any form is handled by them. They are the ones who promptly act at any sort of emergencies. Further, they possess the authority to decide matters regarding the commencement of matches.
Check out more stories on T20 World Cup at: ‘If A Player has Passion, There Will Be No Pressure’ – Kapil Dev (cricfiles.com)
