Trinidadian umpire Joel Wilson. (theguardian.com submit image)
Trinidad and Tobago’s Joel Wilson is just West Indian on the ICC Elite Panel of umpires list which was launched on Thursday.
The list has 12 umpires and has actually seen a historical accomplishment with Sharfuddoula Shahid of Bangladesh ending up being the very first umpire from that nation to make the Elite Panel.
Previous West Indies captain Richie Richardson is just one of 6 match referees on the Elite Panel which has actually seen a decrease from 7 following the retirement of Englishman Chris Broad. Broad refereed 123 test matches, 361 One Day Internationals and 135 T20 Internationals.