Dubai , 20 March 2008The ICC today announced details of umpire and match referee appointments for upcoming Test and ODI series in the West Indies and India .
Sri Lanka will kick off its tour of the West Indies with the first Test starting in Guyana from Saturday while the second Test will be played in Trinidad from 3 April.
The series will be overseen by Chris Broad of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees while the games will be umpired by Simon Taufel and Billy Bowden of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires.
The attention will then shift to the three-match ODI starting in Trinidad from 10 April. Taufel will stand in the entire ODI series along with local appointments.
Meanwhile, India will be hosting South Africa in a three-Test series which will be overseen by Roshan Mahanama of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees.
Asad Rauf of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and Tony Hill of the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires will be in charge of the Chennai Test while Hill will be joined by Billy Doctrove, also from the Emirates Elite Panel, for the second Test in Ahmedabad.
Rauf will team up with Doctrove for the third Test in Kanpur .
West Indies
Series Referee – Chris Broad
22-26 March – West Indies v Sri Lanka (Test), Guyana – Simon Taufel and Billy Bowden
3-7 April – West Indies v Sri Lanka (Test), Trinidad – Simon Taufel and Billy Bowden
10 April – West Indies v Sri Lanka (ODI), Trinidad – Simon Taufel and local appointment
12 April – West Indies v Sri Lanka (ODI), Trinidad – Simon Taufel and local appointment
16 April – West Indies v Sri Lanka (ODI), St Lucia – Simon Taufel and local appointment
India
Series Referee – Roshan Mahama
26-30 March – India v South Africa (Test), Chennai – Asad Rauf and Tony Hill
3-7 April – India v South Africa (Test), Ahmedabad – Billy Doctrove and Tony Hill
11-15 April – India v Sri Lanka (Test), Kanpur – Asad Rauf and Billy Doctrove
ICC MEDIA RELEASE