2007 Cricket World Cup officials

The umpiring panel for the 2007 Cricket World Cup comprised nine umpires from the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires (the only member not included was Darrell Hair), and nine umpires from the international panel. The refereeing panel comprises seven members from the Elite Panel of ICC Referees, with Clive Lloyd not being included due to his role as West Indies' team manager. Aleem Dar went on to stand as an umpire in his first World Cup final, alongside Steve Bucknor who was appearing in his fifth final in a row - extending his record of four from the 2003 World Cup. Umpires Panel Umpire Country MatchesNumber of matches the official officiated in, including all stages of the competition (except warm-up games), only including full umpiring duties (ie, not third or fourth umpire, nor match referee).Elite Mark Benson 8 Billy Bowden 9 Steve Bucknor West Indies 10 Aleem Dar 10 Billy Doctrove West Indies 8 Daryl Harper 8 Rudi Koertzen 10 Asad Rauf 8 Simon Taufel 10International Steve Davis 3 Ian Gould 3 Goland Greaves West Indies 0* Tony Hill 3 Ian Howell 3 Brian Jerling 3 Norman Malcolm West Indies 0* Peter Parker 3 Asoka de Silva 3 From the International Panel, Russell Tiffin of Zimbabwe, Nigel Llong of England and Suresh Shastri of India were identified as the reserve umpires, should a member of the above panel have become unavailable.http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/282108.html ICC announces umpires and referees for World Cup Cricinfo 2007-03-02 2007-06-05 None were eventually called on by the end of the tournament. * Norman Malcolm and Goland Greaves only officiated in one match each, both acting as Fourth umpire. Referees Referee Country Chris Broad Jeff Crowe Alan Hurst Ranjan Madugalle Roshan Mahanama Mike Procter Javagal Srinath Seven of the eight members of the Panel of ICC Referees were included in the roster to perform match refereeing duties throughout the tournament. The only member to be left out was Clive Lloyd due to his commitment as coach of the West Indies cricket team; however he announced his retirement from match refereeing towards the end of the Super 8 stage of the competition.http://cricketworldcup.indya.com/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?xf=pressreleases,Cricket,2007,April,News_20070422_38 ICC makes presentation to retiring referee Clive Lloyd Official ICC World Cup 2007 website 2007-04-22 2007-05-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20070519235314/http://cricketworldcup.indya.com/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?xf=pressreleases%2CCricket%2C2007%2CApril%2CNews_20070422_38 19 May 2007 dead Match appointments Group stage appointments Date Team 1 Team 2 Umpire Umpire 3rd umpire 4th umpire Referee 13 March West Indies PAK Billy Bowden Simon Taufel Brian Jerling Ian Gould Chris Broad 14 March AUS SCO Steve Bucknor Asoka de Silva Tony Hill Mark Benson Javagal Srinath 14 March CAN KEN Asad Rauf Peter Parker Billy Doctrove Rudi Koertzen Mike Procter 15 March BER SRI Daryl Harper Ian Howell Aleem Dar Steve Davis Jeff Crowe 15 March IRE ZIM Ian Gould Brian Jerling Billy Bowden Simon Taufel Roshan Mahanama 16 March RSA NED Mark Benson Tony Hill Steve Bucknor Asoka de Silva Ranjan Madugalle 16 March ENG NZL Rudi Koertzen Asad Rauf Peter Parker Billy Doctrove Mike Procter 17 March IND BAN Aleem Dar Steve Davis Ian Howell Daryl Harper Alan Hurst 17 March IRE PAK Billy Bowden Brian Jerling Simon Taufel Ian Gould Chris Broad 18 March AUS NED Steve Bucknor Tony Hill Asoka de Silva Mark Benson Javagal Srinath 18 March ENG CAN Billy Doctrove Peter Parker Asad Rauf Rudi Koertzen Jeff Crowe 19 March IND BER Aleem Dar Ian Howell Daryl Harper Steve Davis Alan Hurst 19 March West Indies ZIM Ian Gould Simon Taufel Billy Bowden Brian Jerling Roshan Mahanama 20 March RSA SCO Mark Benson Asoka de Silva Steve Bucknor Tony Hill Ranjan Madugalle 20 March NZL KEN Billy Doctrove Rudi Koertzen Peter Parker Asad Rauf Mike Procter 21 March SRI BAN Daryl Harper Steve Davis Ian Howell Aleem Dar Jeff Crowe 21 March ZIM PAK Simon Taufel Brian Jerling Ian Gould Billy Bowden Chris Broad 22 March SCO NED Asoka de Silva Tony Hill Mark Benson Steve Bucknor Javagal Srinath 22 March NZL CAN Billy Doctrove Asad Rauf Rudi Koertzen Peter Parker Mike Procter 23 March IND SRI Aleem Dar Daryl Harper Steve Davis Ian Howell Jeff Crowe 23 March West Indies IRE Billy Bowden Ian Gould Brian Jerling Simon Taufel Roshan Mahanama 24 March RSA AUS Steve Bucknor Mark Benson Tony Hill Asoka de Silva Ranjan Madugalle 24 March ENG KEN Rudi Koertzen Peter Parker Billy Doctrove Asad Rauf Mike Procter 25 March BER BAN Steve Davis Ian Howell Aleem Dar Daryl Harper Alan Hurst Super 8 stage appointments Umpires: Only umpires from the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires officiated from the Super Eight stage of the competition until its conclusion. Referees: Chris Broad, Mike Procter, Jeff Crowe, Ranjan Madugalle were chosen to officiate the matches from the Super Eight stage onwards. Date Team 1 Team 2 Umpire Umpire 3rd umpire 4th umpire Referee 27 March West Indies AUS Asad Rauf Aleem Dar Billy Bowden Rudi Koertzen Chris Broad 28 March RSA SRI Steve Bucknor Daryl Harper Mark Benson Simon Taufel Jeff Crowe 29 March West Indies NZL Asad Rauf Rudi Koertzen Aleem Dar Billy Bowden Mike Procter 30 March ENG IRE Simon Taufel Billy Doctrove Daryl Harper Steve Bucknor Ranjan Madugalle 31 March AUS BAN Aleem Dar Billy Bowden Rudi Koertzen Asad Rauf Chris Broad 1 April West Indies SRI Mark Benson Daryl Harper Simon Taufel Steve Bucknor Jeff Crowe 2 April NZL BAN Aleem Dar Rudi Koertzen Asad Rauf Billy Bowden Mike Procter 3 April RSA IRE Simon Taufel Daryl Harper Mark Benson Billy Doctrove Ranjan Madugalle 4 April ENG SRI Asad Rauf Billy Bowden Rudi Koertzen Aleem Dar Jeff Crowe 7 April RSA BAN Mark Benson Billy Doctrove Steve Bucknor Daryl Harper Chris Broad 8 April AUS ENG Billy Bowden Rudi Koertzen Asad Rauf Norman Malcolm Mike Procter 9 April NZL IRE Steve Bucknor Simon Taufel Billy Doctrove Goland Greaves Ranjan Madugalle 10 April West Indies RSA Mark Benson Daryl Harper Aleem Dar Asad Rauf Chris Broad 11 April ENG BAN Steve Bucknor Simon Taufel Rudi Koertzen Billy Bowden Jeff Crowe 12 April SRI NZL Asad Rauf Billy Doctrove Aleem Dar Mark Benson Mike Procter 13 April AUS IRE Billy Bowden Rudi Koertzen Steve Bucknor Simon Taufel Ranjan Madugalle 14 April RSA NZL Mark Benson Daryl Harper Billy Doctrove Asad Rauf Chris Broad 15 April BAN IRE Steve Bucknor Billy Bowden Simon Taufel Rudi Koertzen Jeff Crowe 16 April AUS SRI Billy Doctrove Aleem Dar Mark Benson Daryl Harper Mike Procter 17 April ENG RSA Steve Bucknor Simon Taufel Billy Bowden Rudi Koertzen Ranjan Madugalle 18 April IRE SRI Mark Benson Billy Doctrove Daryl Harper Aleem Dar Chris Broad 19 April West Indies BAN Billy Bowden Rudi Koertzen Simon Taufel Steve Bucknor Jeff Crowe 20 April AUS NZL Asad Rauf Aleem Dar Billy Doctrove Daryl Harper Mike Procter 21 April West Indies ENG Simon Taufel Rudi Koertzen Billy Bowden Steve Bucknor Ranjan Madugalle Semi-finals thumb|Steve Bucknor, who stood in his fifth consecutive World Cup final in the 2007 competition. After a review of the performance of the umpires throughout the tournament the best four umpires were appointed to officiate on-field in the semi-finals. The role of third umpire will be filled by the two next best umpires, and likewise for the fourth umpire appointments. Date Team 1 Team 2 Umpire Umpire 3rd umpire 4th umpire Referee 24 April NZL SRI Simon Taufel Rudi Koertzen Daryl Harper Asad Rauf Mike Procter 25 April AUS RSA Steve Bucknor Aleem Dar Billy Bowden Mark Benson Jeff Crowe Of the appointed umpires, Bucknor and Koertzen have stood on-field before in World Cup semi-finals. Taufel and Dar served as third and fourth umpires respectively in the semi-finals of the previous tournament in 2003. Final The two on-field umpires for the final were chosen after a performance review, such that they are the two best umpires from the tournament (independent of the competing nations). The third and fourth umpire roles were filled by the same process. Since the officials had to be independent of the two nations participating in the final, Simon Taufel and Daryl Harper were ineligible to umpire, whilst Ranjan Madugalle could not serve as the match referee. Date Team 1 Team 2 Umpire Umpire 3rd umpire 4th umpire Referee 28 April AUS SRI Steve Bucknor Aleem Dar Rudi Koertzen Billy Bowden Jeff Crowe This was Aleem Dar's first appointment in a World Cup final, and prior to the match had said that it was to be the most important game of his career to date. Steve Bucknor, on the other hand, stood in his fifth consecutive World Cup final, extending his previous record of four in a row, though this competition held a special note, having been held in his native West Indies. He said that this appointment was a dream come true.http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc-media/content/story/292531.html ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Cricket World Cup final ICC Brian Murgatroyd 2007-04-27 2007-05-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091651/http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc-media/content/story/292531.html 2007-09-29 dead Criticism of umpires Majority of the tournament was passed without any major criticism of the umpires or errors on their part, however the final was wrought with confusion and was described as a "farcical finish" to the competition.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6599659.stm Gilchrist starts in Aussie cup win BBC Oliver Brett 2007-04-28 2007-05-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20070527041508/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6599659.stm 27 May 2007 live Rain affected the start of the match, reducing the contest to 38 overs a side, and further rain reduced the Sri Lankan innings to 36 overs. With Australia almost certain victors with just 3 overs to go, bad light began to affect play and the umpires seemed to offer the Sri Lankans the opportunity to leave the field for bad light. Both teams assumed this would have granted Australia victory that evening, but they were soon informed that if the light improved the match would have to continue; and if not then the final 3 overs would be played the next day. Sri Lanka's batsmen eventually came out and played out the final 3 overs regardless, and Australia were eventually crowned champions. Match referee Jeff Crowe revealed a "communication breakdown" between himself, on-field umpires Aleem Dar and Steve Bucknor and third umpire Rudi Koertzen was to blame for the mix-up,http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/292771.html Crowe takes blame Cricinfo 2007-04-28 2007-05-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20070518014527/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/292771.html 18 May 2007 live which overlooked Law 21 of the laws of cricket. The law states that, in a One Day International, providing a minimum of 20 overs have been played then a result can be reached using the Duckworth-Lewis system. The ICC issued a statement apologising for occurrence of the incident, but said that none of those involved would be sacked.http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/292851.html Speed apologises for light chaos Cricinfo Andrew Miller 2007-04-29 2007-05-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20070529074735/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/292851.html 29 May 2007 live Two months later it was announced that all five officials involved - the two on field umpires, the third and fourth umpires and the match referee - were to be reprimanded by suspension to prevent them officiating in the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship.http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/current/story/299277.html World Cup officials slammed by ICC Cricinfo 2007-06-22 2007-06-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20070626144625/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/current/story/299277.html 26 June 2007 live Notes and references umpires Category:Cricket World Cup officials