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He’s also keen to lead Australia at 2023 50-over World Cup despite revealing his surgically repaired knee flared up again in the recent tournament

Alex Malcolm18-Nov-20212:28

Aaron Finch: Back against the wall brings best out of David Warner

Aaron Finch has declared he wants to lead Australia’s T20 World Cup title defence at home next summer and at the 2023 50-over World Cup despite revealing he had rushed his return from knee surgery to lead his nation to the recent T20 World Cup title in the UAE.Finch, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade and Marcus Stoinis gathered at the MCG on Thursday to celebrate with the trophy having flown home separately from those in Australia’s Ashes squad to avoid 14-days hotel quarantine due to different restrictions in Victoria compared to Queensland.The captain revealed he had struggled in the field with his surgically repaired knee throughout the tournament and could be in doubt for the start of the BBL with Melbourne Renegades’ first game set for December 7.But Finch is adamant he wants to continue leading Australia for the next two World Cup campaigns over the next two years.”If I can get there, absolutely,” Finch said. “I probably need a little bit of extra time to get my knee right now. I pushed the rehab really hard and probably paid the price for it a little bit throughout the tournament. So yeah, maybe a little bit more time off at the moment to just make sure I get that right.”I’ll wait and see over the next couple of weeks and not sure when our first game is for the Renegades [against] Adelaide but we’ll wait and see to see if I’m right.”Finch has stood down from captaining Melbourne Renegades with new recruit Nic Maddinson taking over for the upcoming BBL season with Finch to play a senior mentoring role.But there has been no formal plan of a similar type of handover with Australia’s limited-overs captaincy but Finch revealed he has had informal discussions with chairman of selectors George Bailey.”I’ve spoken a Bails about that over the last probably six months that,” Finch said. “There’s going to be a period over the next two or three years definitely but that was all. That wasn’t an in-depth conversation. [It was] was just more to put on the to-do list over the next couple of months.”Finch did note that his vice-captain Pat Cummins provided a key moment of leadership after the England loss during the World Cup that helped solidify Australia’s intent for the rest of the tournament.”I think Patty Cummins was the one who spoke about it after the England game,” Finch said. “Just about the intent to be to be really aggressive and make sure that you’re putting as much pressure on the opposition as you can.”I was really proud. That the commitment that we made to keep being really aggressive as a team was the most important thing. And especially after the England game, we felt as though we were a little bit timid and got outplayed. And once we were on the back foot we never transferred the pressure back to England at any point. So the fact that we committed to playing our way and being as aggressive as we could be, I think played a really big part in that.”Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell pose with the T20 World Cup trophy at the MCG•Getty Images

The players were frustrated that their World Cup celebrations were spoilt by the fact that the Test squad had to depart at 8am the next morning while the rest of the group travelled home separately. But the squad tried to make a pact of sorts to stick together and defend their title at home next year.”There was a call made to George Bailey, between the stadium and the hotel, and a real push from everyone to name the squad for the next World Cup now,” Finch said. “So that was quite funny.”Finch also praised coach Justin Langer for helping create a great atmosphere within the group after he had entered the tournament under some pressure following a turbulent lead-up after a disastrous tour of Bangladesh.”It was a great feel amongst the coaching group and the playing group for the whole World Cup,” Finch said. “I think JL took all the advice on board from the players and no doubt it was really tough. It was confronting and that goes both ways. You have some really honest conversations which aren’t always the easiest ones to have. But he took that all on board and probably handed the reins over a little bit more to the playing group and his assistant coaches in their various areas. Andrew McDonald with the with the assistant coaching in this sort of strategy side of it with and the fast bowling, Michael Di Venuto batting, Jeff Vaughan fielding and [Sridharan] Sriram as the spin coach to allow them to work a little bit closer probably one on one with players a little bit more. So it was a great tour.”

Senior player says team must stand by Archer as disciplinary hearing awaits

Andrew Miller17-Jul-2020Ben Stokes has called on the England team to rally round Jofra Archer and ensure he “doesn’t feel like he’s by himself” despite his enforced period of isolation, as the ECB prepares to hold a disciplinary hearing into the unsanctioned trip to Brighton that threatened the integrity of its bio-secure summer arrangements.Archer had to be withdrawn from England’s squad on the morning of the match at Emirates Old Trafford after it transpired that he had taken a detour from the Ageas Bowl in the wake of the first Test, during which he stopped off at his home, in violation of the strict protocols surrounding a series that is taking place in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.Despite insisting that his stop-over had lasted only about an hour, Archer admitted to having had contact with at least one other individual, and speaking at the close of the first day’s play, Ashley Giles, England’s team director, said that his actions “could have been a disaster” that might have cost English cricket “tens of millions of pounds”.Archer spent his first day in isolation with the curtains to his hotel room drawn, and did not appear to venture out on to his balcony on the second day either, despite the ECB requesting photographers and broadcasters to refrain from showing any images of him.He will not be permitted any face-to-face contact with the rest of the squad for the duration of the match, and is expected to be reintegrated to the wider team bubble on Wednesday, the day after its scheduled end.However, Stokes himself is no stranger to high-profile errors of judgement – most especially the circumstances surrounding his arrest in Bristol in September 2017 – and without directly referring to his own mental state in the aftermath of that incident, he called on the team to stand by their man in good times as well as bad.ALSO READ: Archer’s bio-security breach ‘could have been a disaster’ – Giles“For us as players, and as the England cricket group, this is a time where our way of operation really needs to come through,” Stokes said. “We really need to there to support Jofra right now, because obviously he’s a big talking point, and he is by himself because of everything else going on at the moment.””But it’s about making sure that he doesn’t feel like he’s by himself,” he added. “The worst thing that we can do right now, as a team, is to just leave him and say ‘see you in five, six days’ time.”Times like these for people are very, very tough. You can feel like you are all by yourself, but I don’t think anybody is going to allow that to happen. Jofra is a massive part of this group, as everybody is. If it was anybody else like Jofra, it would be exactly the same way of handling as a team.”Stokes, who had played alongside Archer for Rajasthan Royals before his remarkable arrival in the England team last May, has struck up a significant rapport with his team-mate. He was famously on hand to offer some priceless advice prior to the World Cup final Super Over at Lord’s 12 months ago, telling Archer, “whatever happens here will not define your career”.It was a reference to his own experience in England’s previous appearance in a global final, when Stokes’ final four balls of the World T20 in Kolkata had been struck for six. But Archer duly closed out England’s victory that day with a nerveless display, and Stokes intimated that England needed to bear that achievement in mind while casting judgment on this episode.”It’s all good being there for people when things are going well and smoothly,” Stokes said, “but what really comes through is how you operate with someone when they need you the most.”

New Zealand batsman holds together Worcestershire effort before regular wickets undermine the Northants chase

ECB Reporters Network26-Apr-2019Hamish Rutherford’s third century of the season helped Worcestershire to a third win in the Royal London Cup as they beat Northamptonshire by 20 runs at Wantage Road.Rutherford made 126 in 134 balls, adding to his centuries at Grace Road in the County Championship and Old Trafford in the first game of the RLC, in a lone hand as Worcestershire, sent in, struggled to 254 for 9.But they staged a classic defence with pace off the ball in the middle overs to squeeze the Northants chase. At 126 for 3 after 30 overs, the home side were well placed but couldn’t resist trying to force Brett D’Oliveira’s legspin and Daryl Mitchell’s gentlest of medium pace. The pair claimed four wicket to tame the hosts.Northants needed 82 from the final 10 overs and Luke Procter kept them alive with an unbeaten 35 but he ran out of partners as they subsided to 234 and a fourth defeat from five matches, realistically ending their hopes of qualification for the knockout stage.Worcestershire claimed a third win in four and they were indebted to Rutherford, the New Zealander who has proved superb value for money in his short stint. His 10th List A century here held together a clumsy Worcestershire display.They slipped to 23 for 3 in the Powerplay before Rutherford finally found a partner in D’Oliveira and the pair added 84 in 14.2 overs. Rutherford drove Buck down the ground for the day’s first stroke of note before punching Ian Holland – on loan to Northants from Hampshire – over mid-off for four and then straight over the bowler’s head for six.D’Oliveira fell for 28 – a ball that jumped off a length to take the glove to point – but Ben Cox arrived to build another useful stand to take Worcestershire to 166 for 4 in the 32nd over and well-placed. But Cox swept at a full ball from Josh Cobb’s part-time offspin and it sparked a collapse of 4 for 22 in 7.3 overs; Cobb also took out Wayne Parnell’s middle stump trying to cut while Rob Keogh had Ross Whiteley bowled second ball and Ed Barnard caught at short-fine leg.Josh Tongue finally proved another competent partner for Rutherford and the pair added 59 for the ninth wicket – a record for the county against Northamptonshire – to nudge Worcestershire to a challenging total.In reply, Richard Levi and Ben Curran both lifted Charlie Morris tamely to mid-off in the Powerplay but Cobb and Alex Wakely guided Northants’ progress in a stand of 75 in 20 overs. Neither played a shot in anger but just made patient progress. But both were ground down by D’Oliveira and Mitchell and the pressure eventually told.Cobb ran past D’Oliveira and lost his leg stump for 44, while Wakely chipped Mitchell back to the bowler for 46. Adam Rossington then swept at Mitchell’s final ball and was lbw for only 7 and suddenly Northants were struggling with 111 to win in 16 overs.Keogh and Procter brought the equation to 82 needed from the final 10 before Procter pulled Tongue for a flat six backward of square. But Keogh miscued a pull to midwicket and Holland edged a very wide ball to be caught behind. it left too much for Procter to do and the tail didn’t give him the chance.

Despite playing a match-winning innings in Centurion, Heinrich Klaasen is practical about Quinton de Kock taking his place back in the side, and says, ‘If this is my last game, so be it, I am happy with it’

Sidharth Monga in Centurion22-Feb-2018″My dream is fulfilled. Now it becomes a job.”Players will struggle to top this as a description of how it feels to fill in for an injured player, win a couple of games for your country, and then go back to being the second rung. Heinrich Klaasen has come a long way from looking for tickets for the Pink Day ODI. He not only played that match but actually won it for his country. Now he has won them their only other limited-overs game in a one-sided match-up between the injury-hit hosts and the rampant Indian side.Yet, Klaasen is under no illusion. He knows the injured Quinton de Kock is too good a player to be left out when fit despite all that he himself has done in de Kock’s absence. “No, not at all,” Klaasen said without a moment of hesitation when asked if de Kock should be worried. “I think he is a world-class player. And our change room definitely misses him. Especially top of the order. I don’t think he has anything to worry about yet.”Still Klaasen doesn’t necessarily need to replace de Kock to play for South Africa. That middle order has shown signs of brittleness, and two keepers could actually share the workload too. He still doesn’t think he might have a chance in a full-strength South Africa side, but that’s not at the top of his mind yet. “If you look at Quinny, AB [de Villiers] and Faf [du Plessis] and with Temba [Bavuma] coming back as well, they are world-class players. So, in some sort, to put my name in that list as well. It is definitely a very important stage of my career. Put myself on the map or in this set-up. But if this is my last game, the weekend one, so be it, I am happy with it. My dream is fulfilled. Now it becomes a job.”And a dream is exactly what it has been for Klaasen, to help his side win a game at his home ground, Centurion. He will be watching re-runs of this innings before he moves on to the next match. “That’s great fun [to be able to execute your shots in pressure situations],” Klaasen said. “But in that moment you don’t usually think how fun it is. Next ball you think where it is going, so [you] need to figure couple of plans and areas where to hit, try to figure out where he is going to bowl to. But looking back, I’d probably go back home tonight, probably watch it, hopefully, if recorded. But later tonight or tomorrow I will enjoy it.”Klaasen might have once again had the damp conditions going for him, but he continues to be the only South Africa batsman to have truly dominated the India legspinners. In Centurion, he targeted Yuzvendra Chahal brutally, hitting five of his 12 balls for sixes and taking 41 runs off them. It turns out he has always taken a shine to legspin bowling.”I fancy him quite a lot,” Klaasen said, without a hint of arrogance. “Especially when I was in amateur cricket, there were a couple of quality leggies in that time when I started my career. I faced Shaun von Berg at the Titans a lot as well. We always made a joke that I need to finish the other leggie’s career so he can go up. Sometimes it works. Tonight it worked perfectly. I just tried to cash in as much as possible.”Chahal’s second over was all class from Klaasen with an extra-cover drive for a six and a switch-hit too. Klaasen was all muscle in Chahal’s third, which went for 23. “It [that assault] wasn’t planned,” Klaasen said. “But the way the seamers bowled, the cutters, they’ve got very, very good skills. I just fancied my chances more against the leggie, had more options against him. So when I got the first two boundaries, I thought this is the over I have got to target. Maybe if I can get 20-odd in this over.”The 20-odd came, the chase was sealed, and Klaasen walked back to a huge applause from his home crowd. If it is indeed just a dream, there is one more match to go, which, thanks to him, is not a dead rubber.

Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan picked up six wickets between them to snuff out United Arab Emirates’ challenge in a 190-run chase

ESPNcricinfo staff18-Dec-2016
ScorecardAfghanistan players and staff pose for a picture after they blanked UAE 3-0 in the series•Chris Whiteoak

Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan picked up six wickets between them to snuff out United Arab Emirates’ challenge in a 190-run chase; Afghanistan won by 44 runs to complete a 3-0 whitewash in Dubai on Sunday.Rohan Mustafa and Shaiman Anwar’s second-wicket stand of 86 off 51 balls helped UAE nudge ahead of the asking rate and set themselves up for a win. But the wickets of Anwar and Muhammad Usman in the space of four deliveries upped the asking rate and eventually led to a clutch of wickets.Nabi, the offspinner, was among the wickets for the first time in the series. He finished with 3 for 30, while Rashid, the legspinner, who scythed through the lower order, finished with 3 for 14 to take his wickets tally in the series to six. UAE didn’t have anyone to build on the twin fifties, with the third-highest score being Rameez Shahzad’s 15.Afghanistan’s top order gave a good account of themselves before the spinners did their bit. Mohammad Shahzad (44) and Najeeb Tarakai (40) justified Asghar Stanikzai’s decision to bat first by putting on 67 in just 7.5 overs. Then they lost three wickets in the space of 18 deliveries, Mustafa taking two of those in an over. But Usman Ghani (27) and Samiullah Shenwari (39) picked up the momentum again. Najibullah Zadran ended with a flourish, making an unbeaten 11-ball 18, as Afghanistan hit 63 off the last six overs.

A round-up of the Georgie Pie Super Smash matches played on November 15, 2015

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Nov-2015Corey Anderson’s 18-ball 42 and wickets from Jono Boult and Anton Devcich helped Northern Districts to a 12-run win over Canterbury.Put in to bat, Northern Districts were reduced to 56 for 3 by the tenth over. Anderson led the recovery, adding 44 off 26 deliveries with Dean Brownlie for the fourth wicket. Ed Nuttall dismissed Anderson in the 16th over with the score at 123, and Northern Districts’ surge at the end came from Daryl Mitchell who struck 24 off 13 deliveries, before he was run out off the final ball of the innings.Aiden Blizzard, who scored 69 off 53 deliveries, was the common factor in two partnerships of 44 and 53 runs for the second and third wicket with Henry Nicholls and Peter Fulton respectively. Northern Districts, however, kept chipping away at the wickets. Boult and Devcich picked up two wickets apiece as Canterbury were eventually restricted to 160 for 6 in their 20 overs.Neil Broom’s unbeaten 70 steered Otago to a seven-wicket victory in Dunedin after their bowlers, led by Bradley Scott, had limited Wellington to 139 for 6. The win extended Otago’s run at the top of the points table, giving them a four-point lead over second-placed Northern Districts.Broom shared a 105-run opening partnership with Anaru Kitchen, setting base for Otago’s comfortable chase of 140, as he completed his second fifty-plus score in the last three matches. Broom’s knock came off 53 deliveries and included five fours and three sixes.Earlier, Otago’s bowlers tied Wellington down after their openers, Alecz Day and Michael Papps, had started the innings with a 55-run stand. Wellington struggled to stitch partnerships together once the opening stand was broken and Scott’s 3 for 25 limited their scoring at the death.Matthew Quinn (3 for 46) and Donovan Grobbelaar(2 for 33) staved off a tough challenge from Central Districts to help Auckland defend a total of 217 by 10 runs.Quinn and Grobbelaar’s stellar performance choked Central Districts’ chase in the death overs, as Quinn removed Will Young (96) and Josh Clarkson for a duck in 17th over. Defending 23 in the last over, Grobbelaar accounted for the well-set Tom Bruce (46) off the first ball of the over, virtually sealing Auckland’s victory.Quinn accounted for opener George Worker in the first over, after which Central Districts’ chase was built around Young’s 96, which came off only 50 balls. Young combined with Indika Senaratne and Bruce to put on 67 and 68 for the second and fourth wickets respectively.Auckland managed a mammoth 217 in the first innings thanks to Colin Munro’s 89 and Colin de Grandhomme’s unbeaten 49. The pair shared a 133-run partnership in the last nine overs, at a scoring rate of nearly 14. Munro’s 89 comprised eight sixes and five fours.

Kyle Coetzer, the Northamptonshire opener, has been named as Scotland’s new captain

ESPNcricinfo staff14-May-2013Kyle Coetzer, the Northamptonshire opener, has been named as Scotland’s new captain, after Gordon Drummond stepped down last week. His first match in charge will come on Friday, when Scotland take on Pakistan in the first of two ODIs.Coetzer, 29, has represented Scotland since Under-15s level, captained the side at the Under-19 World Cup in 2004 and was their leading run-scorer at the 2009 World Twenty20. Although he has not been in good form for Northants, with 109 runs in eight innings this season, he recorded his maiden ODI century against Afghanistan in March and averages 49.45 in the format.He will lead the side in all formats, with Preston Mommsen appointed vice-captain. Mommsen will take over captaincy duties during the YB40 and whenever Coetzer is retained by Northamptonshire.”This is a massive year for Scottish cricket, and personally a huge honour to captain my country,” Coetzer said. “I will be trying my very best to help Cricket Scotland continue to move forward in world cricket.”Scotland will host Pakistan in two matches in Edinburgh over the weekend, as part of Pakistan’s preparations for the Champions Trophy, which starts next month. Cricket Scotland will announce their squad on Wednesday.

Local Sri Lankan cricket fans who want to watch the full duration of the Test against England in Galle will be asked to fork out up to a month’s wages after it was confirmed there would be no cheaper tickets available for locals

Andrew McGlashan in Galle 25-Mar-2012Local Sri Lankan cricket fans who want to watch the full duration of the Test against England in Galle will be asked to fork out up to a month’s wages after it was confirmed there would be no cheaper tickets available for locals.Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed it had set the ticket prices at 5000 Sri Lankan rupees ($38) and 7500 Sri Lankan rupees ($57) per day, having seen the demand created by the visiting England fans as a chance to boost their struggling finances. That move has angered England supporters who feel they are being exploited for being loyal followers of their team overseas.However, it also prices many locals out of the game, as paying even for four days would equate to 20,000 Sri Lankan rupees, which is around four week’s pay for a large proportion of the population. Recent Tests in Galle have not been heavily attended by Sri Lankan fans – the game against Australia last year was not sold out despite much lower prices – but rather than trying to encourage more supporters through the gates the board has opted to cash in while it can. Yesterday, a Sri Lanka Cricket official said there would be a 1000 rupee ticket available but that has not materialised.”We need to develop the game of cricket in Sri Lanka so whenever there is an opportunity and a demand for tickets it is our policy to put prices up,” Nishantha Ranatunga, the Sri Lanka secretary, said. “You can see people buying tickets for this price. We will get the best deal. Yes, there is a substantial increase from previous tours and the World Cup but we have seen a lot of Sri Lankans buying tickets at this price.”There is talk of a protest by England fans on the opening day of the Test, suggesting they may decamp to the Dutch Fort which overlooks the ground, although many visiting supporters have arrived with pre-paid tickets bought as part of tour packages.Andrew Strauss did not want to comment on the ticket prices, but wanted as many England supporters in the ground as possible. “I don’t know the Sri Lanka Cricket board’s policy on ticket pricing,” he said. “But clearly we want to have as many fans as possible in the ground and we know the Barmy Army always travels and supports us wherever we go in the world. The more of them that are in the ground supporting us and watching some good quality Test cricket the better it is for not just for us but also the game as a whole.”Sri Lanka Cricket has severe financial problems after running up debts of $32.5 million to finance the building of two international stadiums in Hambantota and Pallekele, and to renovate the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, for the World Cup.Payments owed to players, dating back to the World Cup, were only fully settled less than two weeks ago, after the state-owned Bank of Ceylon released 600 Sri Lankan million rupees ($5 million) after discussions with the sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage.Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lanka captain, confirmed they had been paid up to the end of the CB series in Australia. “We got paid last week,” he said. “It’s something we couldn’t control, but the newly elected board made us a promise and they kept to that. We continued playing cricket and the boys were happy with that.”The players might be happier now, but supporters from both sides are unlikely to be having similar feelings.

Dale Steyn will undergo a fitness test ahead of South Africa’s match against Netherlands in Mohali on Thursday

Firdose Moonda in Mohali02-Mar-2011Dale Steyn was among three South African players to pass fitness Tests ahead of the game against Netherlands on Thursday. JP Duminy and legspinner Imran Tahir were the others.Steyn injured his side after colliding with Graeme Smith during a football match during the team’s warm up in Delhi on Sunday. Duminy had a lower back spasm and Tahir was suffering from a respiratory tract infection which is said to have cleared.With the Mohali pitch likely to offer more for the seamers, there was speculation that South Africa would not go in with three spinners, as they did for the first match against West Indies. Tahir, in particular, was earmarked as the bowler to be rested, especially after falling ill. van Zyl indicated otherwise, saying that Tahir made an effort to adjust his follow through after he was warned for running on the pitch in Delhi. “We worked with him yesterday and we will do a bit more work on it today. It doesn’t seem like it’s a huge thing and it won’t have any great effect on the way he bowls.”Dale Steyn was one of three South African players to undergo fitness tests ahead of the Netherlands fixture•Getty Images

If Tahir plays, it may mean no space for the two left-armers, Lonwabo Tsotsobe and Wayne Parnell, both of whom missed out on South Africa’s first match. van Zyl said he is not allowing himself to be persuaded into leaving out some of his big-name players, irrespective of the fact that South Africa are playing an Associate team. “If you underestimate your opposition it may become tempting to do that,” he said. “They are an opponent like any other and we are approaching them in exactly the same way.”The respect South Africa are treating the Netherlands with is a reflection of van Zyl’s attitude towards the Associate teams. Even though the ICC plans to shut them out of the World Cup in 2015 and cut the tournament down to 10 teams, van Zyl thinks they add value to the global showpiece. “I think they need to be here. It’s important for world cricket.”Left-arm spinner Pieter Seelaar caught the eye of van Zyl who described him as a “very good bowler” and said the attack in general “bowls well wicket to wicket.” However, like many others, he feels their batting is their strength. “They have some really good batsmen. We saw how Ryan ten Doeschate performed against England.”Even though that batting line-up was reduced to 115 against the same West Indian side South Africa put to the sword, van Zyl said a big victory is not on his mind at all, and he wants his men to simply get the job done. “Our goals are not much more than winning the game.”

Daryl Harper has not been chosen to officiate at the World Twenty20 in West Indies

Cricinfo staff10-Mar-2010Daryl Harper has not been chosen to officiate at the World Twenty20 in West Indies although the ICC insist the decision has nothing to do with his controversial role in the fourth Test between England and South Africa, at the Wanderers in January, and is based on “general performance reasons”.Harper came under the spotlight when he was the third umpire in control of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) in Johannesburg. He gave Graeme Smith not out under the review procedure when he was unable to hear a clear noise as the ball passed the edge.It was suggested at the time that Harper hadn’t had the volume level turned up when listening to the replay, although there were counter-claims that it was a problem with the original feed from the host broadcaster which they denied.”It will be noted that Daryl Harper…has not been selected for this event,” the ICC said. “This decision was taken by the selection panel for a number of general performance reasons. It must be categorically stated, however, that none of these reasons is related to his role as third umpire in the fourth Test between South Africa and England in Johannesburg earlier this year.”It wasn’t the first time that Harper had been involved in controversy either in the TV umpire’s chair or out in the middle and the ICC’s statement that his omission from the World Twenty20 is for general performance suggests it has been a build-up of errors.Harper isn’t the first umpire to miss a high-profile tournament. In 2007, Aleem Dar, Steve Bucknor, Billy Bowden and Rudi Koertzen were stood down from the inaugural World Twenty20 in South Africa – along with match referee Jeff Crowe – following their part in the chaotic conclusion to the 2007 World Cup final in Barbados. The game ended in virtual darkness when the umpires didn’t realise enough overs had been completed to register a match.While Harper won’t be in the West Indies, three international panel umpires – Marais Erasmus from South Africa, Australia’s Rod Tucker and Shavir Tarapore from India – will join their elite colleagues.The decision on the umpiring appointments was taken by a four man committee comprising of Dave Richardson, the ICC general manager, Ranjan Madugalle, the ICC chief match referee, David Lloyd the former England coach and now TV commentator and Srinivas Venkataraghavan the former elite umpire from India.Umpires Billy Bowden, Aleem Dar, Steve Davis, Billy Doctrove, Ian Gould, Tony Hill, Rudi Koertzen, Asoka de Silva, Simon Taufel, Asad Rauf (all from the elite panel of ICC umpires), Marais Erasmus, Shavir Tarapore and Rod Tucker (from the international panel of ICC umpires).Match referees Ranjan Madugalle, Alan Hurst and Jeff Crowe