This punishment is a result of the comments he made to the media about match official Paul Tierney following Liverpool's dramatic 4-3 win over Tottenham at Anfield on April 30. Along with this he will also be fined £75,000 and has a further one-match touchline ban suspended until the en
Umpires for ICC Women's T20 World Cup have been announced. Jacqueline Williams and Kim Cotton will be the on-field umpires for the final. Both of them were officials for the semi-finals. South Africa will play Australia on Sunday at Newlands Cricket Ground.
The match will take place on Sunday, 29 January in Potchefstroom and will see India go head-to-head against England to decide who the first-ever champions will be
Three match referees and 10 umpires will officiate the flagship women's event in South Africa next month as part of the ICC's strategic ambition of advancing the involvement and visibility of women in cricket.
During 2022, Illingworth took charge of 24 international fixtures, and the Emirates Elite Panel Match Official was selected based on the consistency of his decision-making and his communication and relationship with teams and captains during the calendar year.
The five-time ICC Umpire of the Year Award winner Simon Taufel will be leading the match officials team at the ILT20, set to be held across three UAE venues - Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi Cricket and Sports Hub's Zayed Cricket Stadium), Dubai (Dubai International Stadium) and Sharjah (Sharjah Cricke
Twelve umpires and three match referees will officiate in the tournament, which will be played across four venues in the two host cities: Benoni and Potchefstroom.
Taufel is a renowned cricket match official, who has officiated numerous international cricket matches in various formats empanelled as an elite umpire panel of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The first semi-final between New Zealand and Pakistan will take place at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney on Wednesday, 9 November, while the second semi-final between India and England will be played on Thursday, 10 November at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide
This is a first-of-a-kind initiative in Indian cricket where ICC-approved match officials Gayathri Venugopalan, Shivani Mishra, Kim Cotton, Shubhda Bhosale and GS Laxmi have been officiating in a men's tournament for the first time in Indian Cricketing history.