An undated image of Richard Kettleborough (left) and Richard Illingworth trying on throughout an ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2024 match. — ICC
The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) has introduced the match officers for the ICC Males’s Champions Trophy 2025, which will likely be held in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from February 19 to March 9.
The match will likely be held at 4 iconic venues — Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi in Pakistan, and Dubai within the UAE.
Based on a press release issued by the cricket physique, a distinguished panel of 12 umpires will officiate the 8-team occasion, with six returning officers from the 2017 version, together with Richard Kettleborough, who stood within the closing of the earlier Champions Trophy within the UK.
Kettleborough, a veteran of 108 Males’s ODIs, will likely be joined by fellow umpires Chris Gaffaney, Kumar Dharmasena, Richard Illingworth, Paul Reiffel, and Rod Tucker, who additionally officiated within the 2017 match.
Dharmasena will likely be extending his stint of officiating 132 ODIs on the upcoming match, a document for an umpire from Sri Lanka within the One-Day format.
Kettleborough and Illingworth, who each stood collectively throughout the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup 2023 closing in Ahmedabad, are joined by Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Ahsan Raza, Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid, Alex Wharf, and Joel Wilson, all of whom officiated on the World Cup in India.
The panel of match referees will likely be led by David Boon, Ranjan Madugalle, and Andrew Pycroft, all esteemed members of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees. Boon officiated the 2017 Champions Trophy closing, whereas Madugalle returns after officiating the 2013 closing, and Pycroft additionally featured within the 2017 match.
Match officers
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena, Chris Gaffaney, Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Ahsan Raza, Paul Reiffel, Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid, Rodney Tucker, Alex Wharf, Joel Wilson.
Match Referees: David Boon, Ranjan Madugalle, Andrew Pycroft.
The eight-team match, comprised of 15 matches, will run from February 19 to March 9, throughout three venues – Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi – in Pakistan and Dubai.
The eight groups are divided into two teams. Group A options Pakistan, India, New Zealand, and Bangladesh, whereas Group B is comprised of Afghanistan, South Africa, England and Australia.
Hosts Pakistan will tackle New Zealand within the curtain raiser on February 19 in Karachi, whereas the blockbuster conflict between arch-rivals Pakistan and India is scheduled for February 23 in Dubai.
Pakistan will host a complete of 10 matches of their nation, whereas 4 matches, together with all three of India’s group-stage matches and the primary semi-final, will likely be performed in Dubai.
The ultimate of the match is scheduled to be performed in Lahore but when India qualify then it is going to even be held in Dubai.
Moreover, a reserve day has additionally been allotted for the ultimate conflict as a precautionary measure to fight any weather-related hindrance.
