The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the 20 match officials for the league round of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 in India.

All umpires from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires will officiate at the upcoming ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 in India.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has named 20 match officials for the league phase of the Cricket World Cup. The semi-final and final officials will be named in due course during the tournament.

Sixteen umpires will officiate the 13th edition of the tournament, including all twelve members of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and four members of the ICC Emerging Umpire Panel: Chris Brown, Kumar Dharmasena, Marais Erasmus, Chris Gaffaney, Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Nitin Menon, Ahsan Raza, Paul Reiffel, Sharfuddoula Ibne Shaid, Rod Tucker, Alex Wharf, Joel Wilson and Paul Wilson.

The remaining four are on the ICC Emerging Umpire Panel. These include Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid (Bangladesh), Paul Wilson (Australia), Alex Wharf (England) and Chris Brown (New Zealand).

This experienced group includes three umpires who officiated in the 2019 Cricket World Cup final. These include Dharmasena, Erasmus and Tucker.

Aleem Dar will be the only referee of this game to miss this World Cup. He resigned from the elite body in March this year.

On the other hand, Jeff Crowe (New Zealand), Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe), Richie Richardson (West Indies) and Javagal Srinath (India) are the Emirates ICC's elite panel of referees for the event. All four are former national players.

Officials for the entire league segment have been named and selections for the semi-finals and finals of the tournament will be announced in due course.

Wasim Khan, ICC General Manager – Cricket, said: “To run an event of this magnitude, you need high-performing people at all levels. The ICC elite panel of umpires, umpires and an emerging group of umpires involved will bring immense skill, experience and world-class standards to this World Cup. We are thrilled with the group we have assembled for this tournament.”

“The ICC Cricket Operations Department places great emphasis on conducting a robust and merit-based selection process with the help of our member boards. Our competitive pathway system continues to see the development and emergence of highly skilled match officials throughout the game. We are delighted that four members of the ICC Emerging Umpire Panel have been given the opportunity to take part in this flagship event and wish them and all other match officials involved all the best for the tournament.”

Sean Easey, ICC Manager - Umpires and Referees, said: "We are delighted to announce the match officials who will officiate the biggest ever ICC Men's Cricket World Cup. "This group is made up of the best from around the world and will be ready to undertake a challenging task as the eyes of the global cricket community are on the event.

“We are confident that they will do an excellent job and wish them the best of luck at this World Cup, which promises to be an unforgettable memory.”