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The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the 11-member ICC Associate and Affiliate Panel of International Umpires for 2015, which follows the annual review and selection process.
Notts Sport Official of the Year in 2014, Mark Hawthorne is once again part of the panel but he is the only Irish based umpire in 2015 after Richard Smith stepped down from the panel.

Scotland’s Allan Haggo has joined Hawthrone, Sameer Bandekar, Kathy Cross, Wynand Louw, Nigel Morrison, David Odhiambo, Buddhi Pradhan, Sarika Siva Prasad, Ian Ramage and Courtney Young in the panel for 2015.

The panel was named by the Associate and Affiliate Selection Committee, which comprises of Senior ICC Umpire and Referees Manager Vince Van Der Bijl; ICC Umpire and Referees Administration Manager Adrian Griffith; ICC Regional Match Referee David Jukes; and ICC Development Events Manager Edward Fitzgibbon.

The 53-year-old Haggo recently officiated at Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4 in Singapore 2014, including the final.

Ireland umpire Richard Smith, who officiated during the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in Australia in 2012, has stepped down from the panel, having moved from Ireland. Smith joined the panel in 2011, and officiated in six ODIs and six T20Is, including the historic Bangladesh in Netherlands tri-series in 2012.

The umpires on the ICC Associate and Affiliate Panel of International Umpires can be assigned to ODI and T20I matches involving Associate and Affiliate Members, ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers and ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers, as well as ICC Intercontinental Cup matches, the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Championship and Divisions, and other Associate and Affiliate tournaments.

ICC Associate and Affiliate Panel of International Umpires 2015

David Odhiambo, Kenya
Wynand Louw, Namibia
Courtney Young, Cayman Islands
Sameer Bandekar, USA
Buddhi Pradhan, Nepal
Sarika Siva Prasad, Singapore
Kathy Cross, New Zealand
Nigel Morrison, Vanuatu
Mark Hawthorne, Ireland
Ian Ramage, Scotland
Allan Haggo, Scotland

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