Elite Panel of ICC Umpires

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Former panel member Steve Bucknor during the 2006 Ashes Test at Adelaide

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 decided to reform the way that international cricket was umpired. The main change was that both umpires in Test match and one of the umpires in One-day international are now independent of the competing nations, whereas before 2002 just one of the umpires in a Test was independent and in ODIs both umpires were from the home nation.

The majority of these ICC appointments are fulfilled by the members of the Elite Panel, who are generally thought to be the best umpires in the world. As such the ICC hopes to ensure that umpiring standards are as high as possible. Members of the panel stand in around 10 Tests and 15 ODIs each year.[1]

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[edit] History

The panel was formed in 2002 with eight members.[2] Peter Willey was invited to be on the panel, but declined the opportunity because it would have required him to spend too much time away from his family.[3] The last members of the original panel were removed in 2011.

Members of the International Panel of ICC Umpires stand in ODIs in their home countries, and may be appointed by the ICC to Tests and ODIs as an independent official at busy times in the cricket calendar to supplement the Elite Panel.[1] The best performing umpires may earn promotion to the Elite Panel.

Emirates Airlines sponsors the panel, and the umpires are required to wear shirts and coats which have 'Fly Emirates' printed on them whenever they are officiating.[4]

[edit] Current members

The Elite Panel as of the 28 May 2011 consists of:

Umpire Date of Birth Age as of 29 February 2012 Year Appointed Tests ODIs T20Is Country
Billy Bowden 11 April 1963 &1000000000000004800000048 years, &10000000000000324000000324 days 2003 67 155 19 New Zealand New Zealand
Simon Taufel 21 January 1971 &1000000000000004100000041 years, &1000000000000003900000039 days 2003 67 167 22 Australia Australia
Aleem Dar 6 June 1968 &1000000000000004300000043 years, &10000000000000268000000268 days 2004 64 146 18 Pakistan Pakistan
Billy Doctrove 3 July 1955 &1000000000000005600000056 years, &10000000000000241000000241 days 2006 32 106 17 Dominica West Indies (Dominica)
Asad Rauf 12 May 1956 &1000000000000005500000055 years, &10000000000000293000000293 days 2006 34 88 17 Pakistan Pakistan
Steve Davis 9 April 1952 &1000000000000005900000059 years, &10000000000000326000000326 days 2008 31 104 14 Australia Australia
Ian Gould 19 August 1957 &1000000000000005400000054 years, &10000000000000194000000194 days 2009 18 56 15 England England
Tony Hill 26 June 1951 &1000000000000006000000060 years, &10000000000000248000000248 days 2009 23 84 16 New Zealand New Zealand
Marais Erasmus 27 February 1964 &1000000000000004800000048 years, &100000000000000020000002 days 2010 5 32 12 South Africa South Africa
Rod Tucker 28 August 1964 &1000000000000004700000047 years, &10000000000000185000000185 days 2010 8 24 8 Australia Australia
Kumar Dharmasena 24 April 1971 &1000000000000004000000040 years, &10000000000000311000000311 days 2011 2 25 3 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Richard Kettleborough 15 March 1973 &1000000000000003800000038 years, &10000000000000351000000351 days 2011 2 16 2 England England

[edit] Former members

The first changes to the panel came in 2004 when Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (known as Venkat) retired, [5] and Asoka de Silva, Dave Orchard and Russell Tiffin did not have their contracts renewed.[6] David Shepherd retired in 2005 following 22 years as an international umpire.[7] Darrell Hair, who joined the panel in 2003, was banned from officiating in matches involving full ICC members following the Ball Tampering Controversy in August 2006.[8] In March 2008, following a spell officiating associate members, Hair was once again permitted to umpire full members,[9] but in August he handed in his resignation after he was only allowed to officiate in two tests.[10]

Steve Bucknor retired in 2009, having stood in a record 128 Tests since March 1989.[11] Rudi Koertzen retired in 2010,[12] while Mark Benson, who had joined the panel in 2006, stood down to return to domestic cricket.[13] Asoka de Silva, who rejoined the panel in 2008, was stood down again in 2011 along with Daryl Harper.[14]

  • dagger Original panel member
Umpire Date of Birth Joined Panel Left Panel Tests ODIs T20Is Country
Steve Bucknor dagger 31 May 1946 2002 2009 128 121 Jamaica West Indies (Jamaica)
Asoka de Silva^ dagger 28 March 1956 2002 2011 45 100 9 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Daryl Harper dagger 23 October 1951 2002 2011 94 174 10 Australia Australia
Rudi Koertzen dagger 26 March 1949 2002 2010 108 206 14 South Africa South Africa
Dave Orchard dagger 24 June 1948 2002 2004 44 107 South Africa South Africa
David Shepherd dagger 27 December 1940 2002 2005 92 172 England England
Russell Tiffin dagger 4 June 1959 2002 2004 44 111 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan dagger 21 April 1945 2002 2004 73 52 India India
Darell Hair 30 September 1952 2003 2008 78 135 Australia Australia
Mark Benson 6 July 1958 2006 2010 27 72 19 England England

^de Silva was absent from the panel between 2004 and 2008.

[edit] Records

Most Test matches as an umpire as of 28 May 2011:[15]

Umpire Period Matches
Jamaica Steve Bucknor 1989-2009 128
South Africa Rudi Koertzen 1992-2010 108
Australia Daryl Harper 1998-2011 94
England David Shepherd 1985-2005 92
Australia Darrell Hair 1992-2008 78

Most ODI matches as an umpire as of 28 May 2011:[16]

Umpire Period Matches
South Africa Rudi Koertzen 1992-2010 209
Jamaica Steve Bucknor 1989-2009 181
Australia Daryl Harper 1994-2011 174
England David Shepherd 1983-2005 172
Australia Simon Taufel 1999-present 167

Most T20I matches as an umpire as of 28 May 2011:[17]

Umpire Period Matches
Australia Simon Taufel 2007-present 22
England Mark Benson 2007-2009 19
New Zealand Billy Bowden 2005-present 19
Pakistan Aleem Dar 2009-present 18
Dominica Billy Doctrove 2007-present 17
Pakistan Asad Rauf 2007-present 17

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