KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, CMC – Former West Indies quick bowler Reon King headlines a trio of umpires from the area who will officiate within the upcoming ICC Below-19 Girls’s T20 World Cup.
The 49-year-old King, a Guyanese who performed 19 Assessments and 50 One-Day Internationals for the regional aspect, will function a match referee, whereas Trinidad and Tobago’s Candace La Borde and Maria Abbott of St Vincent & the Grenadines have been named as umpires.
They’re amongst 20 officers appointed by the ICC for the match, which can run from January 18 to February 2.
La Borde officiated the semifinals and last of the 2023 U19 T20 World Cup, whereas Abbott is the primary certified Vincentian feminine umpire.
Sean Easey, ICC’s senior supervisor in command of umpires and referees, praised the variety of the appointed officers and expressed confidence of their talents to carry out at a excessive degree.
“Congratulations to the umpires and match referees chosen for this occasion. These people have earned choice by performing properly in bilateral cricket. It’s a splendidly various group, identical to the sport they signify,” Easey mentioned.
“Just like the gamers at this occasion, these officers have been recognized as having excessive potential. We’re assured that they may carry out properly and that some will progress to officiate on the increased ranges of the sport,” he added.
Umpires: Ashlee Gibbons (Australia), Shathira Jakir Jessy (Bangladesh), Gayathri Venugopalan (India), Narayanan Janani (India), Aidan Seaver (Eire), Nitin Bathi (Netherlands), Rizwan Akram (Netherlands), Rahul Asher (Oman), Saleema Imtiaz (Pakistan), Shivani Mishra (Qatar), Kerrin Klaaste (South Africa), Dedunu De Silva (Sri Lanka), Vijaya Prakash Mallela (USA), Candace La Borde (West Indies), Maria Abbott (West Indies), Forster Mutizwa (Zimbabwe).
Match referees: David Gilbert (Australia), Dean Cosker (England), Trudy Anderson (New Zealand), and Reon King (West Indies).
