ICC declares the full empire list and match referees for T20 World Cup 2021

The 2021 T20 World Cup is only a few days away and the excitement for the mega-event has already peaked.The ICC has proclaimed the appointment of sixteen umpires and 4 match referees for the round one and Super twelve stages of the forthcoming tournament.

Three of the 16 umpires, Aleem Dar, Marais Erasmus and Rod Tucker, will officiate their sixth T20 World Cup.

Sri Lanka’s Kumar Dharmasena, who turned into one of the status umpires withinside the 2019 ODI World Cup very last at Lord’s, will officiate withinside the starting sport of the T20 World Cup 2021 among Oman and Papua New Guinea on October 17. Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Gaffaney might be the opposite on-discipline umpire withinside the sport.

The ICC also confirmed by an official statement that the list of referees for the semi-finals and finals of the tournament will be released in due course. “Choosing a strong 20 group actually means that for the first time since the Covid19 pandemic, there will be neutral referees for all matches in the 16-player tournament,” an ICC statement said.

Here is the full list of 2021 T20 World Cup match officials:

Match Referees: David Boon, Jeff Crowe, Ranjan Madugalle, Javagal Srinath

Umpires: Chris Brown, Aleem Dar, Kumar Dharmasena, Marais Erasmus, Chris Gaffaney, Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Nitin Menon, Ahsan Raza, Paul Reiffel, Langton Rusere, Rod Tucker, Joel Wilson, Paul Wilson.