Officials for the 2011 Cricket World Cup were selected by the Umpire Selection Panel and the information was released on 12 December 2010. The panel selected 18 umpires and a reserve umpire, Enamul Haque to officiate at the World Cup: five were from Australia, six from Asia, three from England, two from New Zealand and one each from South Africa and West Indies. It also selected five match referees for the event.Officials to deploy next year. Starbroek news. Retrieved on 13 Dec 2010
The panel consisted of David Richardson (ICC general manager - cricket), Ranjan Madugalle (ICC chief match referee), David Lloyd (former player, coach, umpire and then television commentator) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (former elite panel umpire).
Umpires Out of the selected umpires, 12 belonged to the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires while the remaining six belong to the International Panel of Umpires and Referees. In addition, a reserve umpire Enamul Haque from Bangladesh was selected officiated in the warm-up matches and if required, during the event.
The members of the Elite Panel of ICC umpires are generally thought to be the best umpires in the world and hence officiate in almost all senior cricket tournaments and ICC events. The remaining six were identified as emerging and talented match officials, who had already officiated at international level with the experience of conditions in the Asian sub-continent and were thought to be ready to umpire in the World Cup.Umpires and referees selected for the Cup Yahoo. Retrieved on 13 December 2010
Aleem Dar and Simon Taufel were selected to umpire the final, their second and first World Cup final respectively.
UmpireCountryPanelMatchesWC Matches2011 WCAsad RaufElite Panel of ICC Umpires 83 8 5Billy BowdenElite Panel of ICC Umpires 150 16 5Billy DoctroveElite Panel of ICC Umpires 101 8 5Aleem DarElite Panel of ICC Umpires 138 14 8Simon TaufelElite Panel of ICC Umpires 159 15 8Steve DavisElite Panel of ICC Umpires 97 3 7Tony HillElite Panel of ICC Umpires 79 3 5 Asoka de Silva Elite Panel of ICC Umpires 110 10 4Ian GouldElite Panel of ICC Umpires 48 3 7Daryl HarperElite Panel of ICC Umpires 169 16 5Marais ErasmusElite Panel of ICC Umpires 26 0 6Rod TuckerElite Panel of ICC Umpires 18 0 6Shavir TaraporeInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees 16 0 4Bruce OxenfordInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees 21 1 5Amiesh SahebaInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees 47 0 4Richard KettleboroughInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees 12 0 4Nigel LlongInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees 39 0 5Kumar DharmasenaInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees 20 1 5Enamul Haque (reserve)International Panel of Umpires and Referees 31 0 0
Referees Five referees were also selected by the selection panel, all belonged to the Elite Panel of ICC Referees. Jeff Crowe was the referee in the final.
RefereeCountryMatchesWC Matches2011 WCRanjan Madugalle 252 33 13Roshan Mahanama 151 3 12Andy Pycroft 30 0 3Jeff Crowe 131 12 9Chris Broad 177 9 12
References
External links Match officials announced by the ICC. ICC website.