Jayaprakash, Hariharan nominated
Former India off-spinner Erapali Prasanna and and umpires Arani Jayaprakash and K Hariharan have been nominated to form the new International Panel of match officials.
Announing details of the umpires and referees nominated by cricket boards around the world to form the new panel of match officials in London on Thursday, International Cricket Council Communications Manager Mark Harrison said it will provide officials for all One Day International matches.
The new panels will also provide cover for the ICC's Elite Panel of eight full time umpires at peak times in the Test match calendar and during major tournaments, he added.
He said most ODIs will now be umpired by a combination of one Elite Panel and one International Panel umpire, although provision exists for an ICC Elite Panel member to be appointed by his home board.
Another initiative has seen, for the first time, the introduction of specialist third umpires. These officials will not perform on-field duties but will be dedicated to the increasingly specialist role of the third, or so-called TV umpire.
The International Panel will play an important part in the new global structure of match officials, Harrison said adding that umpiring in ODIs will give the opportunity for newer officials to gain experience at international level with members of the Elite Panel.
Having already identified the best umpires to work for ICC on a full time basis, it is now equally important that the game starts to identify and develop the umpires who can be their eventual successors, ICC General Manager David Richardson said.
The International Panel of umpires consists of the following nominations:
COUNTRY FIELD UMPIRES THIRD UMPIRE
Australia Darrell Hair and Simon Taufel Steve Davis
England Peter Willey and Neil Mallender Jeremy Lloyds
India Arani Jayaprakash and K Hariharan
New Zealand Doug Cowie and Brent Bowden Tony Hill
Pakistan Nadeem Ghouri and Aleem Dar
South Africa Brian Jerling and Ian Howell Shahid Wadvalla
Sri Lanka Peter Manuel and T H Wijewardena
West Indies Billy Doctrove and Ed Nichols
Zimbabwe Kevan Barbour and Ahmed Esat Ian Robinson
With a full time panel of five ICC Match Referees in place the International Referees Panel will be called upon less frequently than its umpiring counterparts. Its main function will be to supplement Ranjan Madugalle, Clive Lloyd, Wasim Raja, Gundappa Viswanath and Mike Procter where fixture congestion creates scheduling difficulties. Nominations received to date include three former Test match cricketers in Chris Broad, Erapali Prasanna and Denis Lindsay.
COUNTRY REFEREE
England Chris Broad
India Erapali Prasanna
Pakistan Sultan Rana
South Africa Denis Lindsay
Zimbabwe Ahmed Ebrahim
As the newest Test-playing nation, Bangladesh has never before supplied umpires or referees to the international game. Nominations from the Bangladesh Cricket Board for the International Panels are expected in the near future.
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