# 2011 Cricket World Cup officials

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.
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.
Aleem Dar and Simon Taufel were selected to umpire the final, their second and first World Cup final respectively.
| Umpire | Country | Panel | Matches | WC Matches | 2011 WC |
| Asad Rauf | Pakistan | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 83 | 8 | 5 |
| Billy Bowden | New Zealand | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 150 | 16 | 5 |
| Billy Doctrove | West Indies | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 101 | 8 | 5 |
| Aleem Dar | Pakistan | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 138 | 14 | 8 |
| Simon Taufel | Australia | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 159 | 15 | 8 |
| Steve Davis | Australia | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 97 | 3 | 7 |
| Tony Hill | New Zealand | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 79 | 3 | 5 |
| Asoka de Silva | Sri Lanka | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 110 | 10 | 4 |
| Ian Gould | England | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 48 | 3 | 7 |
| Daryl Harper | Australia | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 169 | 16 | 5 |
| Marais Erasmus | South Africa | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 26 | 0 | 6 |
| Rod Tucker | Australia | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 18 | 0 | 6 |
| Shavir Tarapore | India | International Panel of Umpires and Referees | 16 | 0 | 4 |
| Bruce Oxenford | Australia | International Panel of Umpires and Referees | 21 | 1 | 5 |
| Amiesh Saheba | India | International Panel of Umpires and Referees | 47 | 0 | 4 |
| Richard Kettleborough | England | International Panel of Umpires and Referees | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| Nigel Llong | England | International Panel of Umpires and Referees | 39 | 0 | 5 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | Sri Lanka | International Panel of Umpires and Referees | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| Enamul Haque (reserve) | Bangladesh | 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.
| Referee | Country | Matches | WC Matches | 2011 WC |
| Ranjan Madugalle | Sri Lanka | 252 | 33 | 13 |
| Roshan Mahanama | Sri Lanka | 151 | 3 | 12 |
| Andy Pycroft | Zimbabwe | 30 | 0 | 3 |
| Jeff Crowe | New Zealand | 131 | 12 | 9 |
| Chris Broad | England | 177 | 9 | 12 |