ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Full list of umpires, match officials announced
ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Full list of umpires, match officials announced
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday confirmed the match officials for the upcoming ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025.
The tournament, to be held across Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from February 19 to March 9, will take place in four venues: Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi in Pakistan, and Dubai in the UAE.
A panel of 12 umpires, six of whom also featured in the ICC Champions Trophy in 2017, will officiate the event.
Richard Kettleborough, who stood in the final of the previous Champions Trophy between India and Pakistan, will be joined by Chris Gaffaney, Kumar Dharmasena, Richard Illingworth, Paul Reiffel, and Rod Tucker.
Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Ahsan Raza, Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid, Alex Wharf, and Joel Wilson, all of whom officiated at the 2023 ODI World Cup in India, are the other umpires who will feature in the tournament.
The panel of match referees will be led by David Boon, Ranjan Madugalle, and Andrew Pycroft. Boon officiated the 2017 Champions Trophy final, while Madugalle returns after officiating the 2013 final, and Pycroft also featured in the 2017 tournament.
