Two regional umpires have been named among 14 umpires who will officiate in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2014 to be staged in New Zealand, starting this month.
Peter Nero and Joel Wilson of T&T have been included in the ICC's umpire and match referee appointments for the warm-up and first round matches of the tournament, which includes one member of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, Marais Erasmus. The remaining 13 representatives will be from the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires and the ICC Associates and Affiliates Umpires' Panel.
The other umpires are: Ahsan Raza, Billy Bowden, Johan Cloete, Chris Gaffaney, Shaun George, Michael Gough, Vineet Kulkarni, Mick Martell, Enamul Hoque-Moni, Tim Robinson, and Ruchira Palliyaguru.
The tournament match referees will be Jeff Crowe and Roshan Mahanama, both from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, and Dev Govindjee, who is from the ICC Regional Referees Panel.
Warm-up matches will be played on January 10 and 11 and the tournament from January 13 to February 1.