DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC) — Trinidadian Joel Wilson will be the only West Indian member of the panel of 16 umpires and four match referees that will oversee matches in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's Twenty20 World Cup from October 17 to November 14 in the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

The International Cricket Council (ICC), the sport's world governing body, announced yesterday the match officials' appointments for the qualifying round of matches and the group stage of the global showpiece.

“We are delighted to be able to call on some of the world's top officials for the T20 World Cup with a group of 16 umpires and four match referees,” ICC senior manager for umpires and referees Adrian Griffith said.

The ICC said the appointment of the umpires and referees meant that for the first time since the beginning of the novel coronavirus pandemic, there will be neutral umpires for all matches.

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Crappo smoke the pipe of teams that get he

WI dodge ah bullet, for once

In reply to Halliwell

boy serious eh......joel is disaster

In reply to Jumpstart
Name one West Indian umpire who is not a disaster Congrats and good luck to Joel!!!!

We lucky only one

Alyuh think he will make us proud?

In reply to Walco

yuh right about that. Eddie nichols was a good umpire though

Is ICC saying Joel is WI's cream of the crap?

In reply to Halliwell

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When I heard this I laughed soooooo hard...

I said WUHLOSSSSSSS!!!

In reply to Halliwell

Another Trini going to the WC

He from Kamla 's hometown

every aspect of WI cricket has declined: management, players, commentary, pitches, umpiring etc.

In reply to Halliwell

In reply to camos

Has the umpiring declined or now being exposed in the era of improved technology

well deserved Joel!

Is there a fantasy league on how many howlers the umpire messes up on?

In reply to Tryangle



I dont play that fantasy stuff but I would be keen on this "pool"

What happened to "He didn't pick himself" and he is "West Indian"?

Come on fellas just support the guy. I am glad he get to share in the food ...

In reply to Jabari18

I think it has declined. I've noticed the same thing in Football since VAR

It's going to be hard for West Indies to produce good quality batsmen and umpires because we don't use technology in no aspect of our regional cricket. So for our umpires that were use to giving batsmen out LBW, when they felt the ball would hit the stumps only to find out it was not pitched in line, it's going to be hard for them when exposed by technology. So it's not that our umpires are cheating; just that they are not use to technology

I wish Ump Joel Wilson all the best and I hope he performs well at the WC.

In reply to camos

True dat

Is there something that the people involved, who sat down and made their choices,know much more,and are better qualified than our well learned (some ah dem) posters.
Gwan Joel mek dem squirm.

In reply to granite

Excellent post.