DUBAI: Nitin Menon, who is in Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, and Javagal Srinath, a member of Elite Panel of Match Referees, are among 20 match officials for the league stage of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in India, starting from October 5. Sixteen umpires will officiate the league stage of the mega tournament, including all 12 of the Emirates Elite Panel of International Cricket Council (ICC) Umpires and four members of the ICC Emerging Umpire Panel. The 12 Elite Panel of ICC Umpires are: Christopher Gaffaney (New Zealand), Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Marais Erasmus (South Africa), Michael Gough (England), Nitin Menon (India), Paul Reiffel (Australia), Richard Illingworth (England), Richard Kettleborough (England), Rodney Tucker (Australia), Joel Wilson (West Indies), Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), and Adrian Holdstock (South Africa).
The remaining four belong to the ICC Emerging Umpire Panel are Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid (Bangladesh), Paul Wilson (Australia), Alex Wharf (England) and Chris Brown (New Zealand). IANS
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