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Javagal Srinath becomes an ICC Match Referee |
April 24, 2006
Former Indian bowling great Javagal Srinath has
been appointed as the ICC Match Referee. The
former Indian Speedster who is currently a
commentator had already served the International
Cricket Council in identifying bowlers with
flawed actions in the recent U19 World Cup. The
Mysore Express as he was known, Srinath had
taken 236 Test wickets and 315 ODI wickets.
Srinath's last international match was the 2003
World Cup finals against Australia at
Johannesburg. Javagal Srinath along with former
West Indies Captain Clive Lloyd and Australia's
Alan Hurst has been selected to the second tier
of part time Match Referees. Ranjan Madugalle,
Roshan Mahanama (both from Sri Lanka), Chris
Broad (England), Mike
Procter (South Africa) and Jeff Crowe (New
Zealand) have been retained in the Elite panel
of full time Match Referees.The role
of the Match Referees is to see that the match
is conducted smoothly and notifying and fining
any players and support staff violating the
various ICC codes of conduct.
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