# 2015 Cricket World Cup officials

Officials for the 2015 Cricket World Cup were selected by the Umpire selection panel and the information was released on 2 December 2014. Umpire selection panel selected 20 umpires to officiate at the World Cup: five were from Australia, five from England, five from Asia, two each from New Zealand and South Africa and one from West Indies. It also selected five match referees for the event.
The umpire selection panel consisted of Geoff Allardice (ICC General Manager - Cricket), Ranjan Madugalle (ICC Chief Match Referee), David Lloyd (former player, coach, umpire and now television commentator) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (former elite panel umpire).

## Umpires

Out of the selected umpires, twelve of them belong to the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires while the remaining eight belong to the International Panel of Umpires and Referees.
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 international cricket tournaments and ICC Events. The rest six of the International Panel of Umpires have been identified as emerging and talented match officials, who have already officiated at international level and are now ready to umpire in the World Cup.
| Umpire | Country | Panel | Matches | WC Matches (before 2015) | 2015 WC |
| Billy Bowden | New Zealand | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 192 | 21 | 3 |
| Aleem Dar | Pakistan | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 165 | 22 | 6 |
| Steve Davis | Australia | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 130 | 10 | 5 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | Sri Lanka | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 57 | 5 | 8 |
| Marais Erasmus | South Africa | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 56 | 6 | 6 |
| Ian Gould | England | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 96 | 10 | 7 |
| Richard Illingworth | England | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 33 | 0 | 5 |
| Richard Kettleborough | England | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 48 | 4 | 9 |
| Nigel Llong | England | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 86 | 5 | 6 |
| Bruce Oxenford | Australia | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 63 | 5 | 6 |
| Paul Reiffel | Australia | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 37 | 0 | 4 |
| Rod Tucker | Australia | Elite Panel of ICC Umpires | 51 | 6 | 7 |
| Johan Cloete | South Africa | International Panel of Umpires and Referees | 47 | 0 | 3 |
| Simon Fry | Australia | International Panel of Umpires and Referees | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| Chris Gaffaney | New Zealand | International Panel of Umpires and Referees | 38 | 0 | 3 |
| Michael Gough | England | International Panel of Umpires and Referees | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| Ranmore Martinesz | Sri Lanka | International Panel of Umpires and Referees | 30 | 0 | 3 |
| Ruchira Palliyaguruge | Sri Lanka | International Panel of Umpires and Referees | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| S. Ravi | India | International Panel of Umpires and Referees | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| Joel Wilson | West Indies | International Panel of Umpires and Referees | 18 | 0 | 3 |
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## Referees

Five referees were also selected by the selection panel. All the selected referees belong to the Elite Panel of ICC Referees and are considered as the best cricket referees in the world.
| Referee | Country | Matches | WC Matches (before 2015) | 2015 WC |
| David Boon | Australia | 59 | 0 | 10 |
| Chris Broad | England | 253 | 21 | 10 |
| Jeff Crowe | New Zealand | 207 | 21 | 8 |
| Ranjan Madugalle | Sri Lanka | 288 | 46 | 8 |
| Roshan Mahanama | Sri Lanka | 207 | 15 | 9 |
| Last Updated: 21 March 2015 |||||