May 18, 2017: The International Cricket Council has announced the umpires and match referees for the upcoming Champions Trophy 2017 tournament, which is set to get underway in England and Wales from June 1 to 18.
ICC Champions trophy 2017’s most anticipated match between India and Pakistan on June 4 (Sunday), will be umpired by South Africa’s Marais Erasmus and Kumar Dharmasena of Sri Lanka. This match will be refereed by Zimbabwean Andy Pycroft.
ICC announced on Thursday that its Match Referees Chris Broad, David Boon and Andy Pycroft will oversee the tournament and the umpiring work will be carried out by ICC Umpires Aleem Dar, Kumar Dharmasena, Marais Erasmus, Bruce Oxenford, Sundaram Ravi, Paul Reiffel, Rod Tucker, Chris Gaffaney, Ian Gould, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough and Nigel Llong.
The following are the umpires and match referees for the upcoming ICC Champions trophy 2017:
1 June - England Vs Bangladesh, The Oval: Rod Tucker and S. Ravi (Umpires); Bruce Oxenford (3rd umpire), Chris Gaffaney (4th umpire), David Boon (referee)
2 June - New Zealand Vs Australia, Edgbaston: Richard Kettleborough and Richard Illingworth (umpires), Nigel Llong (3rd umpire), Kumar Dharmasena (4th umpire), Andy Pycroft (referee)
3 June - Sri Lanka Vs South Africa, The Oval: Aleem Dar and Ian Gould (umpires), Paul Reiffel (3rd umpire), Bruce Oxenford (4th umpire), David Boon (referee)
4 June - India Vs Pakistan, Edgbaston: Kumar Dharmasena and Marais Erasmus (umpires), Richard Kettleborough (3rd umpire), Rod Tucker (4th umpire), Andy Pycroft (referee)
5 June - Australia Vs Bangladesh, The Oval: Chris Gaffaney and Nigel Llong (umpires), Ian Gould (3rd umpire), S. Ravi (4th umpire), Chris Broad (referee)
6 June - England Vs New Zealand, Cardiff: Bruce Oxenford and Paul Reiffel (umpires), Rod Tucker (3rd umpire), Aleem Dar (4th umpire), Andy Pycroft (referee)
7 June - Pakistan Vs South Africa, Edgbaston: S.Ravi and Richard Illingworth (Umpires), Kumar Dharmasena (3rd umpire), Nigel Llong (4th umpire), Chris Broad (referee)
8 June - India Vs Sri Lanka, The Oval: Rod Tucker and Richard Kettleborough (Umpires), Marais Erasmus (3rd umpire), Paul Reiffel (4th umpire), David Boon (referee)
9 June - New Zealand Vs Bangladesh, Cardiff: Ian Gould and Nigel Llong (Umpires), Aleem Dar (3rd umpire), Richard Illingworth (4th umpire), Chris Broad (referee)
10 June - England Vs Australia, Edgbaston; Kumar Dharmasena and Chris Gaffaney (Umpires), S. Ravi (3rd umpire), Marais Erasmus (4th umpire), Andy Pycroft (referee)
11 June - India Vs South Africa, The Oval: Paul Reiffel and Aleem Dar (umpires), Richard Illingworth (3rd umpire), Richard Kettleborough (4th umpire), David Boon (referee)
12 June - Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan, Cardiff: Marais Erasmus and Bruce Oxenford (umpires), Chris Gaffaney (3rd umpire), Ian Gould (4th umpire), Chris Broad (referee)
June 14, 15 (semi-finals): Will be announced later.
June 18 (final): Will be announced later.