Erasmus, Gould named on-field umpires for India-Australia clash
March 21st, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Marais Erasmus of South Africa and Ian Gould of England will officiate in the cricket World Cup quarter-finals match between India and Australia at Ahmedabad Thursday.
Richard Kettleborough of England will be the third umpire while Sri Lankan Ranjan Madugalle is the match referee, according to the list of match officials declared by the International Cricket Council (ICC) Monday.
The officials for the semi-finals and the final will be announced later, ICC said.
The first quarter-final will take place in Mirpur, Dhaka Wednesday to begin four days of thrilling high-stakes cricket with four teams heading home at the end of it.
The match official appointments are as follows:
March 23: Pakistan vs West Indies, Mirpur
Chris Broad (Match referee), Billy Bowden and Steve Davis (On-field), Daryl Harper (Third umpire), Bruce Oxenford (Fourth umpire)
March 24: Australia vs India, Ahmedabad,
Ranjan Madugalle (Match referee), Marais Erasmus and Ian Gould (On-field), Richard Kettleborough (Third umpire), Asad Rauf (Fourth umpire).
March 25: South Africa vs New Zealand, Mirpur
Roshan Mahanama (Match referee), Aleem Dar and Rod Tucker (On-field), Kumar Dharmasena (Third umpire), Nigel Llong (Fourth umpire).
March 26: Sri Lanka vs England, Colombo
Jeff Crowe (Match referee), Billy Doctrove and Simon Taufel (On-field), Tony Hill (Third umpire), Shavir Tarapore (Fourth umpire).
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