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 28 March 2024 the ICC Elite Panel consisted of:[1][2]

Referee	Date of Birth	Age	Tests	ODIs	T20Is	Country
David Boon[3]	29 December 1960	63 years, 98 days	73	171	100	Australia
Jeff Crowe[4]	14 September 1958	65 years, 204 days	115	326	167	New Zealand
Ranjan Madugalle[5]	22 April 1959	64 years, 349 days	214	394	139	Sri Lanka
Andy Pycroft[6]	6 June 1956	67 years, 304 days	93	221	135	Zimbabwe
Richie Richardson[7]	12 January 1962	62 years, 84 days	47	93	77	West Indies
Javagal Srinath[8]	31 August 1969	54 years, 218 days	65	269	118	India

Past Members

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

Referee	Date of Birth	Joined Panel	Left Panel	Tests	ODIs	T20Is	Country
Gundappa Viswanath	12 February 1949	2002	2004	15	80	0	India
Wasim Raja	3 July 1952	2002	2004	15	35	0	Pakistan
Clive Lloyd	31 August 1944	2002	2007	53	133	2	West Indies
Mike Procter	15 September 1946	2002	2008	47	162	15	South Africa
Chris Broad	29 September 1957	2003	2024	123	361	136	England
Alan Hurst	15 July 1950	2004	2011	45	102	26	Australia
Roshan Mahanama	31 May 1966	2004	2015	61	222	35	Sri Lanka

Controversies

2006 ball-tampering controversy

Mike Procter 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.[9]

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.[10]

Records

Tests

Most Test matches as a referee as of 10 November 2022:[11]

Referee	Period	Matches
Ranjan Madugalle	1993–present	214
Chris Broad	2003–present	120
Jeff Crowe	2004–present	115
Andy Pycroft	2009–present	93
David Boon	2011–present	73

ODIs

Most ODI matches as a referee as of 10 November 2022:[12]

Referee	Period	Matches
Ranjan Madugalle	1993–present	394
Chris Broad	2004–present	355
Jeff Crowe	2004–present	326
Javagal Srinath	2006–present	269
Roshan Mahanama	2004-2015	222

T20Is

Most T20I matches as a referee as of 10 November 2022:[13]

Referee	Period	Matches
Jeff Crowe	2005–present	167
Ranjan Madugalle	2006–present	139
Andy Pycroft	2009–present	135
Chris Broad	2005–present	131
Javagal Srinath	2006–present	118

References

"Sharfuddoula becomes the first Bangladesh umpire to be included in the ICC Elite Panel". ICC. 28 March 2024.
"ICC Elite Referee Panel". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
"David Boon". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
"Jeff Crowe". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
"Ranjan Madugalle". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
"Andy Pycroft". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
"Richie Richardson". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
"Javagal Srinath". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
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Crowe admits error
"Most matches as a referee: Test". Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
"Most matches as a referee: ODI". Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
"Records | Twenty20 Internationals | Individual records (captains, players, umpires) | Most matches as a match referee | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2022-11-08.