{"id":11332,"date":"2012-06-11T11:07:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T09:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/cricket-llong-promoted-to-icc-elite-umpiring-panel\/"},"modified":"2012-06-11T11:07:37","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T09:07:37","slug":"cricket-llong-promoted-to-icc-elite-umpiring-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-llong-promoted-to-icc-elite-umpiring-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Llong promoted to ICC elite umpiring panel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

DUBAI, June 11<\/span> (Reuters) – England’s Nigel Llong has been
\nselected to join the International Cricket Council’s elite panel
\nof umpires, the ICC said on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Llong, who played 68 first-class matches for county side
\nKent as a batsman and off-spin bowler between 1990 and 1998,
\nreplaces the recently-retired Billy Doctrove in the 12-man group
\nof the game’s leading officials.<\/p>\n

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The 43-year-old has umpired in 12 Tests, 55 One-Day
\nInternationals (ODIs) and 16 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is);
\nand had been a member of the ICC’s international panel of
\numpires since 2002.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Llong and the other 11 members of the elite panel, along
\nwith Australia’s Bruce Oxenford, have all been chosen to
\nofficiate in the ICC World Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka in
\nSeptember and October, the ICC release added.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Oxenford, 52, a member of the ICC’s international panel of
\numpires, has officiated in eight Tests, 34 ODIs and 11 T20Is.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Sri Lanka’s Ranjan Madugalle and Jeff Crowe from New Zealand
\nwill serve as match referees for the men’s tournament in Sri
\nLanka, which involves the top 12 international teams, with
\nGraeme Labrooy of Sri Lanka overseeing the women’s tournament
\nbetween the eight leading sides.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The appointments were made by the ICC’s umpiring committee,
\nmade up of its head of cricket operations and Chief
\nExecutive-elect David Richardson, Madugalle, David Lloyd – the
\nex-England batsman, coach, first-class umpire and now television
\ncommentator – and India’s Srinivas Venkataraghavan, the former
\nIndia captain and elite panel umpire.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The members of the 12-man elite panel are Billy Bowden,
\nAleem Dar, Steve Davis, Kumar Dharmasena, Marais Erasmus, Ian
\nGould, Tony Hill, Richard Kettleborough, Nigel Llong, Asad Rauf,
\nSimon Taufel and Rod Tucker.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The ICC World Twenty20 will take place from Sept. 18-Oct. 7.\t<\/p>\n

(Writing by Brian Murgatroyd; Editing by Ossian Shine)<\/p>\n

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