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KARACHI, April 19: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a panel of 12 umpires and six match referees for next month's World Cup in England. Pakistan will be represented at the World Cup by umpire Javed Akhtar and match referee Talat Ali.

According to details available, the ICC has picked one umpire from eight Test-playing nations on the international panel with the hosts, England, providing two. To make up the number, the ICC has selected an additional umpire each from New Zealand and South Africa.

The duties of the TV (third umpire) and the reserve umpires will be performed by umpires from the English first-class panel.

In addition, one umpire each from the three Associate Member countries appearing in the World Cup will feature as reserve umpires only. They are Salab Hossain (Bangladesh), Subash Modi (Kenya) and William Smith (Scotland).

The panel for umpires is: David Shepherd and Peter Willey (both England), Darrell Hair (Australia), Srinivas Venkataraghavan (India), Javed Akhtar (Pakistan), Steve Bucknor (West Indies), Doug Cowie and Steve Dunne (both from New Zealand), Ian Robinson (Zimbabwe), Dave Orchard and Rudi Koertzen (both from South Africa) and K.T. Francis (Sri Lanka).

The six-man panel of match referees includes Peter Burge (Australia), Raman Subba Row (England), John Reid (New Zealand), Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka), Talat Ali (Pakistan) and Cammie Smith (West Indies).