ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for upcoming series in England and for closing stages of Asia Cup by ICC Media Release

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Event:

Asia Cup 2008, South Africa in England 2008

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DateLine: 28th June 2008

 

Simon Taufel and Tony Hill to umpire final in Karachi

 

The International Cricket Council today announced the umpire and referee appointments for the upcoming series between England and South Africa, which gets underway on Thursday 10 July at Lord's.

 

Jeff Crowe of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees will oversee the first two Tests of the four-match series at Lord’s and Leeds. Both the matches will be umpired by Daryl Harper and Billy Bowden of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires.

 

The last two Tests at Birmingham and The Oval will be overseen by Ranjan Madugalle, also of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees. Aleem Dar and Steve Davis, both from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, will be in charge.

 

These will be Davis's first Test appointments since his inclusion in the Emirates Elite Panel in April. Davis is currently standing in the five-match ODI series between England and New Zealand.

 

Madugalle will then hand over to Roshan Mahanama, also of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, for the Twenty20 International and the ODI series that follows the Test series.

 

The 20 August Twenty20 International at Chester-le-Street, which will serve as the curtain-raiser for the five-match ODI series, will be umpired by England and Wales Cricket Board appointees while Simon Taufel will stand in the entire ODI series along with local appointments.

 

Meanwhile, the ICC has also confirmed appointments for the Super Four stage and the final of the Asia Cup currently being played in Pakistan.

 

Alan Hurst of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees will oversee all seven matches while the six Super Four games will be shared between Taufel of the Elite Panel and Ian Gould, Tony Hill and Brian Jerling of the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires.

 

Taufel and Hill will stand in the 6 July final to be played at the National Stadium in Karachi.

 

Pakistan

 

 

Asia Cup – match referee Alan Hurst

 

28 June – Bangladesh v India (ODI), Karachi – Simon Taufel and Brian Jerling

 

29 June – Pakistan v Sri Lanka (ODI), Karachi – Ian Gould and Tony Hill

 

30 June – Bangladesh v Sri Lanka (ODI), Karachi – Simon Taufel and Brian Jerling

 

2 July – Pakistan v India (ODI), Karachi – Ian Gould and Tony Hill

 

3 July – India v Sri Lanka (ODI), Karachi – Simon Taufel and Brian Jerling

 

4 July – Pakistan v Bangladesh (ODI), Karachi – Ian Gould and Tony Hill

 

6 July – Final (ODI), Karachi – Simon Taufel and Tony Hill

 

England

 

 

Test series match referee – Jeff Crowe and Ranjan Madugalle

 

10-14 July – England v South Africa (Test), Lord's – Daryl Harper and Billy Bowden

 

18-22 July – England v South Africa (Test), Leeds – Daryl Harper and Billy Bowden

 

30 July – 3 August – England v South Africa (Test), Birmingham – Aleem Dar and Steve Davis

 

7-11 August – England v South Africa (Test), The Oval – Aleem Dar and Steve Davis

 

 

T20 and ODI series match referee – Roshan Mahanama

 

20 August – England v South Africa (T20I), Chester-le-Street – local appointments

 

22 August – England v South Africa (ODI), Leeds – Simon Taufel and local appointment

 

26 August – England v South Africa (ODI), Nottingham – Simon Taufel and local appointment

 

29 August - England v South Africa (ODI), The Oval - Simon Taufel and local appointment

 

31 August - England v South Africa (ODI), Lord's – Simon Taufel and local appointment

 

3 September - England v South Africa (ODI), Cardiff - Simon Taufel and local appointment

 

Appointments for future matches and series will be announced in due course.