ICC Champions Trophy 2004 umpires and referees appointed

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed the umpire and referee appointments for the 12 group matches at the ICC Champions Trophy beginning on 10 September.

Mark Harrison

30-Aug-2004

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed the umpire and referee appointments for the 12 group matches at the ICC Champions Trophy beginning on 10 September.

Chris Broad, Clive Lloyd, Ranjan Madugalle and Mike Procter of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Referees will share referee duties over the group stage of the tournament.

All eight members of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires will officiate on the field and as third umpires over the 12 preliminary matches.

The eight on-field umpires will be joined by Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires Billy Doctrove and Jeremy Lloyds.

Umpires officiating at the ICC Champions Trophy 2004 will take part in a series of technology trials as the ICC continues its approach to understanding what role technology can play in aiding and improving umpire decision-making.

The two technological innovations involving umpires will see standing officials wired-up to TV stump microphones, and third umpires calling no balls. Umpires in seven of the 15 ICC Champions Trophy matches will wear an earpiece that picks up the audio from the stump microphone as the ball passes the batsman.

This trial will indicate whether the microphone's position close to the action area will provide audible assistance to officials in cases which are sometimes difficult to pick up, such as thin nicks to the keeper or bat pad fielders.

The second innovation sees the responsibility of calling no balls in the ICC Champions Trophy passing to the third (or TV) umpire. He will use the two-way link provided by the earpiece to advise standing officials of any deliveries ruled as no balls.

The umpire and referee appointments for the 12 group matches follow. Appointments for the semi-finals and tournament final will be made at the end of the group stage.

DATE	MATCH	VENUE	REF	ON-FIELD		TV UMPIRE
Fri 10 Sep	England v Zimbabwe	Edgbaston	Madugalle	Taufel	Bucknor	Bowden
	New Zealand v USA	The Oval	Procter	Doctrove	Shepherd	Hair
Sat 11 Sep	India v Kenya	Rose Bowl	Lloyd	Harper	Koertzen	Dar
Sun 12 Sep	SA v Bangladesh	Edgbaston	Broad	Lloyds	Taufel	Hair
Mon 13 Sep	Australia v USA	Rose Bowl	Madugalle	Bowden	Dar	Bucknor
Tue 14 Sep	Pakistan v Kenya	Edgbaston	Lloyd	Hair	Doctrove	Koertzen
	SL v Zimbabwe	The Oval	Procter	Harper	Shepherd	Taufel
Wed 15 Sep	WI v Bangladesh	Rose Bowl	Broad	Lloyds	Dar	Bowden
Thu 16 Sep	Australia v NZ	The Oval	Madugalle	Bucknor	Koertzen	Shepherd
Fri 17 Sep	SL v England	Rose Bowl	Procter	Bowden	Hair	Doctrove
Sat 18 Sep	South Africa v WI	The Oval	Broad	Lloyds	Shepherd	Harper
Sun 19 Sep	India v Pakiasan	Edgbaston	Lloyd	Koertzen	Taufel	Bucknor

The ICC Champions Trophy 2004 begins in England on 10 September with two matches scheduled for the opening day. England begins its campaign to win cricket's second major event when it hosts Zimbabwe at Edgbaston, while New Zealand plays the United States of America at The Oval. Play begins at 10.15 for all 15 matches in the tournament, with reserve days in place for all games.

Tickets are still available for most games from the following host venues:

The Oval - Tel: +44 (0) 207 582 6660
www.surreycricket.com

The Rose Bowl - Tel: +44 (0) 870 243 0291
www.rosebowlplc.com

Edgbaston - Tel: +44 (0) 121 446 5506
www.edgbaston.com