England's Steve Davis and Sri Lanka's Kumar Dharmasena will be the on-field umpires during the inaugural match of the ICC Cricket World Cup between India and Bangladesh. The match will be played in Mirpur in Bangladesh on February 19. Billy Doctrove and Asad Rauf, both from the elite panel, will be the third and fourth umpires, respectively, while Ranjan Madugalle will be the match referee. The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday named the umpires and match referees appointed for the warm-up and group stage matches for the February 19 to April 2 event. The World Cup will to be jointly hosted by India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Besides Davis and Dharmasena, others who will share the on-field responsibilities in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 include ICC Umpire of the Year 2009 and 2010, Aleem Dar, Marais Erasmus, Ian Gould, Daryl Harper, Tony Hill, Asoka de Silva, four-time ICC Umpire of the Year Simon Taufel, Rod Tucker, Richard Kettleborough, Nigel Llong, Bruce Oxenford,Amish Saheba and Shahvir Tarapore. The match referees for the event, besides Madugalle, are Chris Broad, Jeff Crowe, Roshan Mahanama and Andy Pycroft.
News On AIR | February 3, 2011 12:43 PM
ICC Cricket World Cup inaugural match: Davis, Dharmasena to be on-field umpires