The ICC has announced match officials, and warm-up and first round appointments for the upcoming ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012, to be held from 11 to 26 August in Queensland, Australia.
David Boon, Roshan Mahanama (both from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees) and Steve Bernard (ICC Regional Referee for the East-Asia Pacific) will be the match referees for the tournament, while the on-field umpires will be drawn from the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires, and the ICC Associate and Affiliate Umpires' Panel.
Boon will be the match referee for all matches in Brisbane, Bernard will oversee matches in Sunshine Coast while Mahanama will supervise matches in Townsville, including the match at the Tony Ireland Stadium which is a broadcast venue.
International panel umpires include Ahsan Raza, Owen Chirombe, Johan Cloete, Enamul Hoque Moni, Chris Gaffaney, Richard Illingworth, Ranmore Martinez, Peter Nero, Paul Reiffel and Ravi Sundaram.
Six umpires have been appointed from the Associate and Affiliate panel, including Ian Ramage, Mark Hawthorne, Buddhi Pradhan, Sarika Prasad, Richard Smith and Courtney Young.
For all matches two on-field umpires and a reserve official have been appointed, while for televised matches a TV umpire also forms part of the playing control team.
Below please find umpire and match referee appointments for the warm-up and first round matches while appointments for the Super League and Plate Championship will be announced in due course:
Warm-up matches
7 Aug – South Africa v New Zealand, University of Queensland, WEP Harris Oval – Richard Illingworth and Sarika Prasad
7 Aug – Bangladesh v Scotland, Univeristy of Queensland, No.7 - Ranmore Martinez and Mark Hawthorne
7 Aug – Nepal v PNG, Sandgate-Redcliffe, DCC Albury Oval – Enamul Hoque Moni, Ian Ramage
7 Aug – Ireland v Afghanistan, South Brisbane DCC, Normay Grey Oval – Peter Nero and Ravi Sundaram
7 Aug – Sri Lanka v India, Wynnum-Manly DCC, Bill Albury Oval - Ahsan Raza and Johan Cloete
7 Aug – Pakistan v England, Redlands Fred Kratzman Oval - Chris Gaffaney and Courtney Young
7 Aug – Zimbabwe v Namibia, Sunshine Coast Ron McMullin Oval - Buddhi Pradhan and CA appointment
7 Aug – Australia v West Indies – Sunshine Coast Kev Hackney Oval - Owen Chirombe and Richard Smith
8 Aug – England v Zimbabwe, University of Queensland, WEP Harris Oval – Enamul Hoque Moni and Peter Nero
8 Aug – West Indies v Namibia, Univeristy of Queensland, No.7 – Ahsan Raza and Ian Ramage
8 Aug – Sri Lanka v Ireland, Sandgate-Redcliffe, DCC Albury Oval – Chris Gaffaney and Sarika Prasad
8 Aug – Pakistan v PNG, South Brisbane DCC, Normay Grey Oval – Johan Cloete and Mark Hawthorne
8 Aug – Australia v Scotland, Wynnum-Manly DCC, Bill Albury Oval – Ravi Sundaram and Courtney Young
8 Aug – India v Afghanistan, Redlands Fred Kratzman Oval - Ranmore Martinez and Richard Illingworth
8 Aug – New Zealand v Nepal, Sunshine Coast Ron McMullin Oval - Richard Smith and CA appointment
8 Aug – South Africa v Bangladesh – Sunshine Coast Kev Hackney Oval - Buddhi Pradhan and Owen Chirombe
First round matches
*11 Aug – Australia v England, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville – Johan Cloete and Ravi Sundaram (on-field umpires), Ahsan Raza (TV umpire), Ian Ramage (fourth umpire) and Roshan Mahanama (atch referee)
11 Aug – Zimbabwe v PNG, Oval 1, Endeavour Park, Townsville – Chris Gaffaney and Courtney Young (on-field umpires), Ranmore Martinez (third umpire) and Roshan Mahanama (remote match referee)
11 Aug – Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, Allan Border Field, Brisbane – Richard Illingworth and Sarika Prasad (on-field umpires), Mark Hawthorne (third umpire), David Boon (match referee)
11 Aug – Pakistan v Afghanistan – John Blanck Oval, Sunshine Coast – Paul Reiffel and Buddhi Pradhan (on-field umpires), Richard Smith (third umpire) and Steve Bernard (match referee)
*12 Aug – West Indies v India, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville – Chris Gaffaney and Ranmore Martinez (on-field umpires), Enamul Hoque Moni (TV umpire), Courtney Young (fourth umpire) and Roshan Mahanama (match referee)
12 Aug – England v Ireland, Oval 1, Endeavour Park, Townsville – Ahsan Raza and Ian Ramage (on-field umpires), Johan Cloete (third umpire), Roshan Mahanama (remote match referee)
12 Aug – South Africa v Bangladesh, Allan Border Field, Brisbane – Peter Nero and Mark Hawthorne (on-field umpires), Sarika Prasad (third umpire), David Boon ((match referee)
12 Aug – New Zealand v Scotland, John Blanck Oval, Sunshine Coast – Owen Chirombe and Richard Smith (on-field umpires), Buddhi Pradhan (third umpire) and Steve Bernard (match referee)
*13 Aug – Australia v Nepal, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville – Ravi Sundaram and Ian Ramage (on-field umpires), Johan Cloete (TV umpire), Ahsan Raza (fourth umpire) and Roshan Mahanama (match referee)
13 Aug – West Indies v PNG, Oval 2, Endeavour Park, Townsville – Enamul Hoque Moni and Courtney Young (on-field umpires), Chris Gaffaney (third umpire) and Roshan Mahanama (remote match referee)
13 Aug – Sri Lanka v Namibia, Allan Border Field, Brisbane – Richard Illingworth and Mark Hawthorne (on-field umpires), Peter Nero (third umpire), David Boon (match referee)
13 Aug – Pakistan v Scotland, Kev Hackney Oval, Sunshine Coast – Owen Chirombe and Buddhi Pradhan (on-field umpires), Paul Reiffel (third umpire) and Steve Bernard (match referee)
*14 Aug – India v Zimbabwe, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville – Enamul Hoque Moni and Ranmore Martinez (on-field), Chris Gaffaney (TV umpire), Courtney Young (fourth umpire), Roshan Mahanama (match referee)
14 Aug – Australia v Ireland, Oval 2, Endeavour Park, Townsville – Ahsan Raza and Ravi Sundaram (on-field umpires) and Ian Ramage (third umpire)
14 Aug – South Africa v Namibia, Peter Burge Oval, Brisbane – Peter Nero and Sarika Prasad (on-field umpires), Richard Illingworth (third umpire), David Boon (match referee)
14 Aug – New Zealand v Afghanistan, Kev Hackney Oval, Sunshine Coast – Paul Reiffel and Richard Smith (on-field umpires), Owen Chirombe (third umpire), Steve Bernard (match referee)
15 Aug – Nepal v Ireland, Oval 1, Endeavour Park 1, Townsville – Johan Cloete and Ian Ramage (on-field umpires), Ravi Sundaram (third umpire), Roshan Mahanama (match referee)
15 Aug – Sri Lanka v South Africa, Peter Burge Oval, Brisbane – Richard Illingworth and Mark Hawthorne (on-field umpires), Sarika Prasad (third umpire), David Boon (match referee)
15 Aug – Scotland v Afghanistan, John Blanck Oval, Sunshine Coast – Owen Chirombe and Buddhi Pradhan (on-field umpires), Richard Smith (third umpire), Steve Bernard (match referee)
*16 Aug – England v Nepal, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville – Johan Cloete and Ahsan Raza (on-field umpires), Ravi Sundaram (TV umpire), Ian Ramage (fourth umpire), Roshan Mahanama (match referee)
16 Aug – India v PNG, Oval 1, Endeavour Park, Townsville – Ranmore Martinez and Courtney Young (on-field umpires), CA appointee (third umpire), Roshan Mahanama (remote match referee)
16 Aug – West Indies v Zimbabwe, Oval 2, Endeavour Park – Townsville – Chris Gaffaney and Enamul Hoque Moni (on-field umpires), CA appointee (third umpire), Roshan Mahanama (remote match referee)
16 Aug – Bangladesh v Namibia, Peter Burge Oval, Brisbane – Peter Nero and Sarika Prasad (on-field umpires), Mark Hawthorne (third umpire), David Boon (match referee)
16 Aug – Pakistan v New Zealand, John Blanck Oval, Sunshine Coast – Owen Chirombe and Richard Smith (on-field umpires) and Buddhi Pradhan (third umpire), Steve Bernard (match referee)
*Indicates broadcast matches