Dubai: South Africa’s Marais Erasmus and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Dharmasena will be the on-field umpires for Wednesday’s first semi-final of the ICC T20 World Cup between England and New Zealand that will be played at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
India’s Nitin Menon will be the third umpire with Australia’s Paul Reiffel (fourth umpire) and David Boon (match referee) as the other match officials, in addition to Erasmus and Dharmasena, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed on Tuesday.
Richard Kettleborough of England and Chris Gaffaney of New Zealand will be the on-field umpires for the second semi-final between Pakistan and Australia that will be played at the Dubai International Stadium here on Thursday.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Joel Wilson (third umpire), England’s Richard Illingworth (fourth umpire), former New Zealand star Jeff Crowe (match referee) will be other officials for the match, as per an ICC release on Tuesday.
The officials for Saturday’s final will be announced after the completion of both the semi-finals.
