2015 Cricket World Cup officials


Officials for the 2015 Cricket World Cup were selected by the Umpire selection panel and the information was released on 2 December, 2014. Umpire selection panel selected 20 umpires to officiate at the World Cup: five were from Australia, five from England, five from Asia, two each from New Zealand and South Africa and one from West Indies. It also selected five match referees for the event.
The umpire selection panel consisted of Geoff Allardice, Ranjan Madugalle, David Lloyd and Srinivas Venkataraghavan.

Umpires

Out of the selected umpires, twelve of them belong to the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires while the remaining eight belong to the International Panel of Umpires and Referees.
The members of the Elite Panel of ICC umpires are generally thought to be the best umpires in the world and hence officiate in almost all international cricket tournaments and ICC Events. The rest six of the International Panel of Umpires have been identified as emerging and talented match officials, who have already officiated at international level and are now ready to umpire in the World Cup.
UmpireCountryPanelMatchesWC Matches 2015 WC
Billy BowdenElite Panel of ICC Umpires192213
Aleem DarElite Panel of ICC Umpires165226
Steve DavisElite Panel of ICC Umpires130105
Kumar DharmasenaElite Panel of ICC Umpires5758
Marais ErasmusElite Panel of ICC Umpires5666
Ian GouldElite Panel of ICC Umpires96107
Richard IllingworthElite Panel of ICC Umpires3305
Richard KettleboroughElite Panel of ICC Umpires4849
Nigel LlongElite Panel of ICC Umpires8656
Bruce OxenfordElite Panel of ICC Umpires6356
Paul ReiffelElite Panel of ICC Umpires3704
Rod TuckerElite Panel of ICC Umpires5167
Johan CloeteInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees4703
Simon FryInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees1703
Chris GaffaneyInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees3803
Michael GoughInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees1103
Ranmore MartineszInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees3003
Ruchira PalliyagurugeInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees2303
S. RaviInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees2103
Joel WilsonInternational Panel of Umpires and Referees1803

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Referees

Five referees were also selected by the selection panel. All the selected referees belong to the Elite Panel of ICC Referees and are considered as the best cricket referees in the world.