Karachi: International Cricket Council (ICC) has revealed the match officials’ schedule for the group-stage games of the Champions Trophy 2025.

According to the ICC, Richard Kettleborough and Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid will officiate the tournament opener between Pakistan and New Zealand on February 19 in Karachi. “Joel Wilson will be the TV umpire and Alex Wharf the fourth umpire. Andrew Pycroft will be the match referee,” the ICC said in a statement. It is worth noting here that the list of match officials for Champions Trophy 2025 will not feature any Indian umpire as per their ‘mutual’ agreement with the ICC.

Pakistan v New Zealand, 19 February - Karachi On-field umpires: Richard Kettleborough and Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid TV umpire: Joel Wilson Fourth umpire: Alex Wharf Referee: Andrew Pycroft Bangladesh v India, 20 February - Dubai On-field umpires: Adrian Holdstock and Paul Reiffel TV umpire: Richard Illingworth Fourth umpire: Michael Gough Referee: David Boon Afghanistan v South Africa, 21 February - Karachi On-field umpires: Alex Wharf and Rodney Tucker TV umpire: Richard Kettleborough Fourth umpire: Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid Referee: Ranjan Madugalle Australia v England, 22 February - Lahore On-field umpires: Joel Wilson and Chris Gaffaney TV umpire: Kumar Dharmasena Fourth umpire: Ahsan Raza Referee: Andrew Pycroft Pakistan v India, 23 February - Dubai On-field umpires: Paul Reiffel and Richard Illingworth TV umpire: Michael Gough Fourth umpire: Adrian Holdstock Referee: David Boon Bangladesh v New Zealand, 24 February - Rawalpindi On-field umpires:

Ahsan Raza and Kumar Dharmasena TV umpire: Rodney Tucker Fourth umpire: Joel Wilson Referee: Ranjan Madugalle Australia v South Africa, 25 February - Rawalpindi On-field umpires: Richard Kettleborough and Chris Gaffaney TV umpire: Alex Wharf Fourth umpire: Kumar Dharmasena Referee: Andrew Pycroft Afghanistan v England, 26 February - Lahore On-field umpires: Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid and Joel Wilson TV umpire: Ahsan Raza Fourth umpire: Rodney Tucker Referee: Ranjan Madugalle Pakistan v Bangladesh, 27 February - Rawalpindi On-field umpires: Michael Gough and Adrian Holdstock TV umpire: Paul Reiffel Fourth umpire: Richard Illingworth Referee: David Boon Afghanistan v Australia, 28 February - Lahore On-field umpires: Alex Wharf and Kumar Dharmasena TV umpire: Chris Gaffaney Fourth umpire: Richard Kettleborough Referee: Andrew Pycroft South Africa v England, 1 March -

Karachi On-field umpires: Rodney Tucker and Ahsan Raza TV umpire: Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid Fourth umpire: Joel Wilson Referee: Ranjan Madugalle New Zealand v India, 2 March - Dubai On-field umpires: Michael Gough and Richard Illingworth TV umpire: Adrian Holdstock Fourth umpire: Paul Reiffel Referee: David Boon