Umpires for England v SA named

2008-06-27 12:37

Dubai - The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday announced the umpire and referee appointments for the series between England and South Africa, which gets underway on Thursday, July 10 at Lord's.

Jeff Crowe of the Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees will oversee the first two Tests of the four-match series at Lord's and Leeds. Both the matches will be umpired by Daryl Harper and Billy Bowden of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires.

The last two Tests at Birmingham and The Oval will be overseen by Ranjan Madugalle, also of the Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees. Aleem Dar and Steve Davis, will stand in both Tests.

These will be Davis's first Test appointments since his inclusion in the Elite Panel in April. Davis is currently standing in the five-match ODI series between England and New Zealand.

Madugalle will then hand over to Roshan Mahanama, also of the Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, for the Twenty20 International and the ODI series that follows the Test series.

The August 20 Twenty20 International at Chester-le-Street, which will serve as the curtain-raiser for the five-match ODI series, will be umpired by England and Wales Cricket Board appointees while Simon Taufel will stand in the entire ODI series along with local appointments.

Test series match referees: Jeff Crowe and Ranjan Madugalle

July 10-14: England v South Africa (Test), Lord?s ? Daryl Harper and Billy Bowden
July 18-22: England v South Africa (Test), Leeds ? Daryl Harper and Billy Bowden
July 30 ? August 3: England v South Africa (Test), Birmingham ? Aleem Dar and Steve Davis
August 7-11: England v South Africa (Test), The Oval ? Aleem Dar and Steve Davis

T20 and ODI series match referee: Roshan Mahanama

August 20: England v South Africa (T20I), Chester-le-Street ? local appointments
August 22: England v South Africa (ODI), Leeds ? Simon Taufel and local appointment
August 26: England v South Africa (ODI), Nottingham ? Simon Taufel and local appointment
August 29: England v South Africa (ODI), The Oval - Simon Taufel and local appointment
August 31: England v South Africa (ODI), Lord?s ? Simon Taufel and local appointment
September 3: England v South Africa (ODI), Cardiff - Simon Taufel and local appointment

- SAPA