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 and One Day 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 19 March, 2014 the ICC Elite Panel consisted of:

Referee	Date of Birth	Age as at 27 July 2024	Tests	ODIs	T20Is	Country
David Boon	29 December 1960		21	47	14	Australia
Chris Broad	29 September 1957		60	244	54	England
Jeff Crowe	14 September 1958		65	192	45	New Zealand
Ranjan Madugalle	22 April 1959		148	279	59	Sri Lanka
Roshan Mahanama	31 May 1966		51	193	29	Sri Lanka
Andy Pycroft	6 June 1956		26	102	35	Zimbabwe
Javagal Srinath	31 August 1969		32	132	34	India

Previous Members

The following people were included in the inaugural panel of elite referees in 2002, but have since retired:

• Gundappa Viswanath
• Wasim Raja
• Clive Lloyd
• Mike Procter
• Alan Hurst

Controversies

August 2006 ball tampering controversy

Main article: August 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.

The 2007 World Cup Final

Jeff Crowe was seen as ultimately responsible for the ignorance of all five match officials (himself and umpires Bucknor, Dar, Koertzen and Bowden) of the ICC's playing conditions with regards 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 unnecessary overs in near darkness since they had been told they would otherwise have to return and play out the overs on the following day. In the aftermath Crowe apologised on behalf of the playing control team.

Records

Most Test matches as a referee as of 19 March, 2014:

Referee	Period	Matches
Ranjan Madugalle	1993-present	148
Jeff Crowe	2005-present	65
Chris Broad	2004-present	60
Clive Lloyd	1992-2006	53
Roshan Mahanama	2004-present	51
John Reid	1993-2002	50
Mike Procter	2002-2008	47
Alan Hurst	2004-2011	45
Cammie Smith	1993-2002	42

Most ODI matches as a referee as of 19 March, 2014:

Referee	Period	Matches
Ranjan Madugalle	1993-present	279
Chris Broad	2004-present	244
Jeff Crowe	2004-present	192
Roshan Mahanama	2004-present	193
Mike Procter	2002-2008	162
Clive Lloyd	1992-2007	133

Most T20I matches as a referee as of 19 March, 2014:

Referee	Period	Matches
Ranjan Madugalle	2006-present	59
Chris Broad	2005-present	54
Jeff Crowe	2005-present	45
Andy Pycroft	2009-present	35
Javagal Srinath	2006-present	34
Roshan Mahanama	2004-present	29
Alan Hurst	2008-2011	26
Mike Procter	2006-2008	15

See also

• Umpire (cricket)
• Elite Panel of ICC Umpires
• International Panel of ICC Umpires