Ranjan Madugalle

The International Cricket Council has maintained an unchanged list of match officials for the 2026-27 international season. Nitin Menon continues as the sole Indian on the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires, while Javagal Srinath remains the only Indian in the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees. This decision reflects the consistency and high standards in international officiating.

Pakistan cricket faces another ball-tampering scandal as Fakhar Zaman was allegedly caught altering the ball during a PSL match. The incident prompted an umpire intervention and ball change. This controversy echoes past incidents, including Shahid Afridi's ban for a similar offense in 2010. Fakhar denies the charges, with a verdict expected soon.

Sundaram Ravi remains the only Indian umpire in the ICC Elite Panel with the world body naming an unchanged line-up for the 2017-18 season.

The Perth Stadium pitch, which hosted India's second Test against Australia, has been rated "average" by the ICC match referee Ranjan Madugalle. Australia beat India by 146 runs to square the four-match series 1-1. "It (rating) is the lowest pass mark provided by the ICC when they rate the pitch and outfield of Test grounds," the report said.

Sri Lanka's Kumar Dharmasena and England's Richard Kettleborough were on Friday appointed on-field umpires for the ICC Cricket World Cup final between Australia and New Zealand on Sunday in Melbourne.

Javagal Srinath was the lone Indian to feature in the match referees' list, while Sundaram Ravi continued to be the country's representative among the top umpires as the ICC on Thursday announced an unchanged list of elite match officials.

Kumar Dharmasena and Richard Kettleborough were on Saturday appointed on-field umpires for the World Cup semifinal clash between India and Australia.

ICC, Chief Match Referee, Ranjan Madugalle and ICC, Elite Panel Umpire, Kumar Dharmasena will feature in a highly recognised Match Referee Panel and an Umpiring Panel to officiate in the Lanka Premier League (LPL).

World cricket's most experienced match referee Ranjan Madugalle will be in charge of the six-match white ball series between India and Sri Lanka starting on July 18.

South Africa's Marais Erasmus and England's Richard Kettleborough were on Friday appointed as the on-field umpires for the T20 World Cup final between Australia and New Zealand for India's Nitin Menon will act as the TV umpire.

Chris Gaffaney from New Zealand and Richard Illingworth from England will officiate the Champions Trophy semifinal between India and Australia. Michael Gough is the third umpire, and Andy Pycroft will be the match referee. For the second semifinal, Kumar Dharmasena and Paul Reiffel are the on-field umpires, with Joel Wilson as third umpire and Ranjan Madugalle as match referee.

The International Cricket Council on Tuesday named Michael Gough of England and Joel Wilson of the West Indies in the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Umpires for 2019-20 season following the annual review and selection process.

Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday threw his weight behind the Perth Test pitch, which was reportedly rated 'average' by the International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee.

Former Sri Lanka cricketer Kumar Dharmasena along with Rod Tucker and Marais Erasmus will officiate the men's final of the World Twenty20 between England and the West Indies on Sunday.

South Africa were on Tuesday fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during their 52-run defeat to Australia in the first Twenty20 international match in Melbourne on Sunday.

No Indian features in the International Cricket Council's umpires' panel for the 2012-13 season in which England's Nigel Llong was on Monday named as the replacement for the recently-retired Billy Doctrove.

India's Nitin Menon will be among the 16 umpires who will officiate in the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia.

India's Rohit Sharma and Darren Bravo of the West Indies have both been fined 15 per cent of their respective match fee for verbally engaging with each other in a manner that was not in keeping with the spirit of the game during the final day's play in the third Test.

India will play two warm-up games before their opening match of the ICC World Twenty20 to be held in Bangladesh next month, according the schedule announced by the world body today.

Sri Lanka have been fined 40 per cent of their match fee for maintaining slow over-rate against Australia in the second T20 in Colombo. Ranjan Madugalle of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Dasun Shanaka's side was ruled to be two overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.