The International Cricket Council (ICC) Associate and Affiliate International Umpires panel for 2011 has been announced, Roger Dill was again named in the strong 11-umpire group.
The ICC announced that umpires Theunis van Schalkwyk (Namibia), Courtney Young (Cayman Islands), Mark Hawthorne (Ireland) and Richard Smith (Cyprus) have been added to the ICC Associate and Affiliate International Umpires panel following the annual review and selection process.
Dill has umpired in various places around the World, including Malaysia, Kenya, UAE, Canada and the West Indies.
The panel was named by the Associate and Affiliate Selection Committee which is made up of Vince Van Der Bijl, ICC Umpire and Referees Manager, ICC regional match referee David Jukes, ex-Test umpire Brian Aldridge, ICC Match Officials Operations Manager Brent Silva and ICC Development Events Manager Edward Fitzgibbon.
The four new umpires have replaced Subhash Modi of Kenya, who has retired earlier this month after umpiring in international cricket for nine years, Paul Baldwin of Germany, who has resigned following his selection in the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) reserve umpires’ panel for the second successive year, and Karran Bayney, from Canada who has failed to retain his position.
An additional umpire in the Europe Region was also appointed following a request by the region to meet its growing needs and requirements.
Subhash Modi, 64, who retired earlier this month, will now be a match referee for the Africa region and van der Bijl said: “Subhash Modi has made invaluable contributions during a fine career in which he umpired in 22 ODIs and nine T20Is. Modi was a role model for the emerging umpires from the Associate and Affiliate countries.”
The umpires on the ICC Associate and Affiliate International Umpires panel can be assigned to ODIs and T20I matches involving Associates and Affiliates Members as well as officiate in under-19 and women’s cricket.
ICC Associate and Affiliate International Umpires panel 2011
Africa - Jeff Luck (Namibia), Theunis van Schalkwyk (Namibia)
Americas - Roger Dill (Bermuda), Courtney Young (Cayman Islands)
Asia - Buddhi Pradhan (Nepal), Sarika Prasad (Singapore)
East Asia Pacific - Shahul Hameed (Indonesia)
Europe - Niels Bagh (Denmark), Mark Hawthorne (Ireland), Ian Ramage (Scotland), Richard Smith (Cyprus)
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