ICC names Elite Panel for 2017 - 18 season

Following its annual review and selection process, the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday (July 02) named an unchanged Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires for the 2017-18 season.

Aleem Dar is most experienced umpire in this list having stood in 111 Tests, 185 One-day Internationals and 41 Twenty-20 Internationals.


The Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires for 2017-2018 season will be: Aleem Dar, Kumar Dharmasena, Marais Erasmus, Chris Gaffaney, Ian Gould, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Nigel Llong, Bruce Oxenford, Sundaram Ravi, Paul Reiffel and Rod Tucker.

The ICC has also retained the same group of Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees for the 2017-18 season.

The seven match referees, who will be refereeing in the upcoming season, are: David Boon, Chris Broad, Jeff Crowe, Ranjan Madugalle, Andy Pycroft, Javagal Srinath and Richie Richardson.