ICC Champions Trophy 2017 - List of Match Officials for the Group Stages

The 2017 edition of the ICC Champions Trophy is all set to get underway. The tournament will be contested by 8 teams for the all important glory. 15 matches will be played in the tournament spread across the three shortlisted venues in England – Birmingham, London, and Cardiff. Recently, the International cricket council announced the list of match officials for the mega event commencing on June 1.

Three officials have been named as the match referees for the matches to be played in the group staged. Also, 12 umpires have been shortlisted for the ICC Champions Trophy. The ICC released a media statement wherein they announced the names of all the officials who would officiate in the tournament. All officials are from the ICC’s Elite Panel of officials.

“Chris Broad, David Boon and Andy Pycroft of the Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees will officiate in the tournament while the umpiring responsibilities will be shared between all the 12 Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, namely: 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 release read.

The tournament will kick off on June 1 with hosts England taking on Bangladesh. The match officials for the semi-finals and the final will be announced later. All day matches would start at 3pm (IST) and the day night fixtures will start at 6pm (IST).

To check complete details of schedule, venues, squads, and teams – click here.

Here is the complete list of officials for ICC Champions Trophy:

June 1, 2017, Match 1 – England Vs Bangladesh – S. Ravi and Rod Tucker (on-field), Bruce Oxenford (third umpire), Chris Gaffaney (fourth umpire), David Boon (match referee)

June 2, 2017, Match 2 – New Zealand Vs Australia – Richard Illingworth and Richard Kettleborough (on-field), Nigel Llong (third umpire), Kumar Dharmasena (fourth umpire), Andy Pycroft (match referee)

June 3, 2017, Match 3 – Sri Lanka Vs South Africa – Ian Gould and Aleem Dar (on-field), Paul Reiffel (third umpire), Bruce Oxenford (fourth umpire), David Boon (match referee)

June 4, 2017, Match 4 – India Vs Pakistan – Marais Erasmus and Kumar Dharmasena (on-field), Richard Kettleborough (third umpire), Rod Tucker (fourth umpire), Andy Pycroft (match referee)

June 5, 2017, Match 5 – Australia Vs Bangladesh – Nigel Llong and Chris Gaffaney (on-field), Ian Gould (third umpire), S. Ravi (fourth umpire), Chris Broad (match referee)

June 6, 2017, Match 6 – England Vs New Zealand – Paul Reiffel and Bruce Oxenford (on-field), Rod Tucker (third umpire), Aleem Dar (fourth umpire), Andy Pycroft (match referee)

June 7, 2017, Match 7 – Pakistan Vs South Africa – Richard Illingworth and S.Ravi (on-field), Kumar Dharmasena (third umpire), Nigel Llong (fourth umpire), Chris Broad (match referee)

June 8, 2017, Match 8 – India Vs Sri Lanka – Richard Kettleborough and Rod Tucker (on-field), Marais Erasmus (third umpire), Paul Reiffel (fourth umpire), David Boon (match referee)

June 9, 2017, Match 9 – New Zealand Vs Bangladesh – Nigel Llong and Ian Gould (on-field), Aleem Dar (third umpire), Richard Illingworth (fourth umpire), Chris Broad (match referee)

June 10, 2017, Match 10 – England Vs Australia – Chris Gaffaney and Kumar Dharmasena (on-field), S. Ravi (third umpire), Marais Erasmus (fourth), Andy Pycroft (match referee)

June 11, 2017, Match 11 – India Vs South Africa – Aleem Dar and Paul Reiffel (on-field), Richard Illingworth (third umpire), Richard Kettleborough (fourth umpire), David Boon (match referee)

June 12, 2017, Match 12 – Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan – Bruce Oxenford and Marais Erasmus (on-field), Chris Gaffaney (third umpire), Ian Gould (fourth umpire), Chris Broad (match referee)