WC 2011:ICC notifies umpire and match referee appointments

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02 February,2011 03:18 pm

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced umpire and match referee appointments for the warm-up and group stage matches for its flagship event the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 which will be staged from 19 February to 2 April in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka.Steve Davis of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and Kumar Dharmasena of the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires and a former World Cup winner with Sri Lanka in 1996, will stand in the tournament opener which will be played between Bangladesh and India in Mirpur on Saturday 19 February.Billy Doctrove and Asad Rauf, both from the elite panel, will be the third and fourth umpires, respectively while Ranjan Madugalle of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referee will be the match referee.