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No Oliver or Taylor.does anyone know if Oliver’s injured or taking a break??

There is a UEFA course that week which probably explains Taylor and Oliver’s absence.

Surprised that the appointments for the India v England Test series haven't been confirmed yet.

During the SA20 Kevin Pietersen said on commentary that Marais Erasmus is off to Hyderabad to officiate the first India v England test. If this is the case, I’d suspect Erasmus will have some involvement in at least the first two tests.

I don’t think we’ve seen Chris Gaffaney and Kumar Dharmasena since the World Cup, I’d imagine they’ll also be involved.

I think there’s the possibility that Kavanaugh will be saved for the FA cup final and someone else will get the league cup final, most likely Madley. If Kavanaugh does get the league cup final then the FA cup final must surely be for Attwell.

Hope everything is ok with Kettleborough.

Great opportunity for Rusere, although slightly surprised Reiffel hasn’t been moved on field for both matches!

Yes also surprised that Reiffel hasn’t moved on field for both matches.

Raza and Rusere have umpired just 15 tests on field between them, excluding appointments made during Covid, that must be one of the least experienced umpiring pair in a test match.

South Africa v India

1st ODI
Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (England) & Bongani Jele (South Africa)
TV Umpire: Ahsan Raza (Pakistan)

2nd ODI
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pakistan) & Bongani Jele (South Africa)
TV Umpire: Richard Kettleborough (England)

3rd ODI
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pakistan) & Allahudien Paleker (South Africa)
TV Umpire: Bongani Jele (South Africa)

1st Test
Umpires: Paul Reiffel (Australia) & Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe)
TV Umpire: Ahsan Raza (Pakistan)

2nd Test
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pakistan) & Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe)
TV Umpire: Paul Reiffel (Australia)

Match Referee for all games: Chris Broad (England)

BCCI appointments for the India v Australia T20I series have been released and are as follows (all India)

Ref - Javagal Srinath

1: Nitin Menon & Rohan Pandit (int debut); TV - Jayamaran Madanagopal
2: Jayamaran Madanagopal & KN Ananthapadmanabhan; TV - Nitin Menon
3: Virrender Sharma & Rohan Pandit; TV - KN Ananthapadmanabhan
4: Jayamaran Madanagopal & KN Ananthapadmanabhan; TV - Virrender Sharma
5: KN Ananthapadmanabhan & Rohan Pandit; TV - Jayamaran Madanagopal

Looks like Anil Chaudhary has come off the international panel and been replaced by Rohan Pandit.

Now we know the finalists, my money is on the two Richards getting the final with Gaffaney as TV umpire.

Cricket Australia have reported that Paul Wilson has retired as an international umpire. He will continue to umpire at the domestic level in Australia. Certainly news I was not expecting.

https://x.com/CricketAus/status/1723897536480727161?s=20

Very surprising, from what I saw he seemed to have a good World Cup. Could have been in with a shout of being on the elite panel in the next few years.