T20 World Cup: The much-awaited T20 World Cup is all set to start on October 16, 2022, in Australia. All the groups have equipped and are within the remaining phases of their preparation for the marquee occasion. Not simply the groups, however the International Cricket Council (ICC) too is busy getting ready for the occasion. Teams like Sri Lanka and West Indies have flown out to Australia and India are scheduled to board their flight on October 6, 2022. The first match of this marquee occasion will probably be performed between Sri Lanka and Namibia at Geelong on October 16, 2022.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has introduced an inventory of 20 match officers for the First Round and Super 12s stage of the event. The ICC has additional confirmed that Nitin Menon would be the only Indian umpire to officiate matches within the T20 World Cup. Menon has already reached Australia and has began to organize himself for the multi-nation cricketing event. As far because the match referees are involved Sri Lanka’s Ranjan Madugalle is joined by Andrew Pycroft of Zimbabwe, England’s Christopher Broad, and Australia’s David Boon.
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ICC in an announcement mentioned:
In whole, 16 umpires will officiate throughout the event with Richard Kettleborough, Nitin Menon, Kumara Dharmasena and Marais Erasmus having been the umpires in control of the 2021 remaining which noticed this 12 months’s hosts declare their first ICC Men’s T20 World Cup title. It is an skilled group of umpires, with the identical 16 chosen as final 12 months’s event which was held within the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Officials have been named for the whole thing of the First Round and Super 12s, with the alternatives for the semi-finals and remaining of the event to be named in the end.
Match Officials on the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022:
Match Referees: Andrew Pycroft, Christopher Broad, David Boon, Ranjan Madugalle
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock, Aleem Dar, Ahsan Raza, Christopher Brown, Christopher Gaffaney, Joel Wilson, Kumara Dharmasena, Langton Rusere, Marais Erasmus, Michael Gough, Nitin Menon, Paul Reiffel, Paul Wilson, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Rodney Tucker.
(Inputs from PTI)
