The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday announced the umpire and match referee appointments ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022, which will be held in the West Indies from January 14 to February 5. Veteran English umpire David Mills will stand beside Nepal’s Buddhi Pradhan for the opening match of the ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup when officials for the West Indies are confirmed. Mills, who has been a first-class umpire for nearly 14 years, and Pradhan will oversee hosts West Indies against Australia at the National Stadium in Guyana on January 14.
Mills compatriot Martin Saggers will be the TV umpire for the first 48 matches, with a 22-strong team of match officials confirmed by the International Cricket Council.
Among those taking charge will be Pakistan’s Rashid Riaz, who reprises his role from the 2020 tournament and commanded England’s opening match against Bangladesh alongside Ireland’s Roland Black, who also officiated two years ago.
Asif Yakub will be the TV umpire for the same fixture that sees defending U19 champions Bangladesh kickstart their title defence.
Yakub is the third umpire who was re-elected last time to stand in South Africa.
The Pakistani official is set to be in the middle of Scotland against West Indies, Canada against England and UAE against Bangladesh.
In all, 19 umpires from 14 different countries will be on the field, five of whom will act as TV umpires in the first leg of the tournament.
They will be joined by three referees for the duration of the tournament, with former Sri Lanka international Graeme Labroy officiating with domestic official Denavan Hayles and England’s Phil Whitice.
There will be fixtures in four countries including Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago.
For the first time in the 14-edition history of the tournament, ten venues will be used to welcome future young stars from the Caribbean to their shores.
ICC Senior Manager – Umpires and Referees, “The U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup is a very important event in our calendar as it brings together some of the world’s most promising young players in a major ICC tournament, giving them the opportunity to compete on the global stage. get experience.” Adrian Griffith said in a statement.
“We are committed to hiring the best officers available and I am confident that the team traveling to the West Indies for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup will do well. I wish them all the best,” he added.
The ICC said that the appointments of umpires and match referees for the knockout stages will be announced after the teams are confirmed. The appointments for the Plate and Super League finals will be finalized after the semi-finals.
Officials for the tournament are:
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Umpires: Asif Yakub, Alan Hago, Arnold Madela, Buddhi Pradhan, David McLean, David Mills, Emerson Carrington, Heath Kearns, Jacqueline Williams, Mark Jameson, Martin Sagars, Nitin Bathy, Rahul Asher, Rashid Riaz, Rizwan Akram, Roland Black, Samir Bandekar , Sarika Prasad, Vijay Prakash Mallela
Match Referee: Graeme Lebroy, Denavan Helms, Phil Whittakes
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