KARACHI, March 2: Former England batsman Chris Broad, who has had a few ‘tiffs’ with Inzamam-ul-Haq’s side as the elite panel match referee, was nominated on Friday to supervise all three of Pakistan’s Group ‘D’ matches in the World Cup 2007.

The International Cricket Council announced match officials of warm-up matches and the group stages of the mega event. The salient feature of these appointments is that four group of officials — each comprising four umpires and two match referees — will oversee preliminary phase of the World Cup which starts from March 13.

The list of umpires and referees for the later stages of the tournament will be announced at the end of the of group stage.

Apart from supervising in the West Indies-Pakistan opener at Sabina Park, Broad will take charge of Pakistan’s remaining matches against Ireland and Zimbabwe on March 17 and 21, respectively.

Broad is one of seven match referees nominated with Clive Lloyd a notable absentee because of his involvement with West Indies team as their current manager. The other referees on the World Cup panel are Jeff Crowe (New Zealand), Alan Hurst (Australia), Ranjan Madugalle and Roshan Mahanama (both Sri Lanka), Mike Procter (South Africa) and Javagal Srinath (India).

The 16-member World Cup umpires’ panel, which includes nine elite panel officials, is headed by West Indian Steve Bucknor, who is due to stand in his fifth World Cup, South Africa’s Rudi Koertzen and Simon Taufel, the Australian who has been ICCs umpire of the year thrice in succession.

Apart from these three, the umpires’ panel comprises Aleem Dar and Asad Rauf (both from Pakistan), Mark Benson and Ian Gould (England), Billy Bowden and Tony Hill (New Zealand), Daryl Harper, Steve Davis and Peter Parker (Australia), Ian Howell and Brian Jerling (South Africa), Billy Doctrove (West Indies) and Asoka de Silva (Sri Lanka).

Each of the 16 umpires will stand in two warm-up matches that are to begin from Monday, but the match referees will not officiate in any of these matches.

Nigel Llong of England, India’s Suresh Shastri and Russell Tiffin of Zimbabwe — all members of the ICC international panel of umpires — have been named as reserve umpires for the group stage of the tournament.

Among the high-profile group stage fixtures, the game between West Indies and Pakistan will be supervised by umpires Taufel and Bowden. Likewise the England-New Zealand March 16 clash in St Lucia will be officiated by Koertzen and Asad Rauf, the March 23 India-Sri Lanka tie in Port-of-Spain by Aleem Dar and Harper and the much-awaited Australia-South Africa March 24 confrontation in St Kitts by Bucknor and Benson.

Following are the umpires and match referees’ nominations for warm-up and group stage matches:

Warm-up matches

March 5: England v Bermuda at Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown at (Umpires: Rudi Koertzen and Tony Hill).

March 5: South Africa v Ireland at Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground, St Augustine, Trinidad (Umpires: Aleem Dar and Peter Parker).

March 5: Sri Lanka v Scotland at Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown (Umpires: Simon Taufel and Ian Howell).

March 5: West Indies v Kenya at Trelawny Stadium, Jamaica (Umpires: Billy Bowden and Brian Jerling)

March 6: Australia v Zimbabwe at Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown (Umpires: Asad Rauf and Billy Doctrove).

March 6: New Zealand v Bangladesh at Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown (Umpires: Mark Benson and Steve Davis).

March 6: Pakistan v Canada at Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground, St Augustine, Trinidad (Umpires: Daryl Harper and Ian Gould).

March 6: India v Netherlands at Trelawny Stadium, Jamaica (Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Asoka de Silva).

March 8: Bangladesh v Scotland at Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown (Umpires: Simon Taufel and Mark Benson).

March 8: Zimbabwe v Bermuda at Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown (Umpires: Rudi Koertzen and Asad Rauf).

March 8: Canada v Ireland at Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground (Umpires: Aleem Dar and Daryl Harper).

March 8: Kenya v Netherlands at Trelawny Stadium, Jamaica (Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Billy Bowden).

March 9: New Zealand v Sri Lanka Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown (Umpires: Steve Davis and Ian Howell).

March 9: Pakistan v South Africa at Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground, St Augustine, Trinidad (Umpires: Peter Parker and Ian Gould).

March 9: Australia v England at Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown (Umpires: Tony Hill and Norman Malcolm).

March 9: West Indies v India at Trelawny Stadium, Jamaica (Umpires: Brian Jerling and Asoka de Silva).

World Cup 2007 group fixtures

March 13: West Indies v Pakistan at Sabina Park, Kingston (Umpires: Simon Taufel and Billy Bowden. TV replays: Brian Jerling. Match referee: Chris Broad).

March 14: Australia v Scotland at Warner Park, St Kitts (Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Asoka de Silva. TV replays: Tony Hill. Match referee: Javagal Srinath).

March 14: Kenya v Canada at Beausejour Stadium, St Lucia (Umpires: Asad Rauf and Peter Parker. TV replays: Billy Doctrove. Match referee: Mike Procter).

March 15: Sri Lanka v Bermuda at Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain (Umpires: Daryl Harper and Ian Howell. TV replays: Aleem Dar. Match referee: Jeff Crowe).

March 15: Zimbabwe v Ireland at Sabina Park, Kingston (Umpires: Brian Jerling and Ian Gould. TV replays: Billy Bowden. Match referee: Roshan Mahanama).

March 16: South Africa v Netherlands at Providence Stadium, Georgetown (Umpires: Mark Benson and Tony Hill. TV replays: Steve Bucknor. Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle).

March 16: England v New Zealand at Beausejour Stadium, St Lucia (Umpires: Rudi Koertzen and Asad Rauf. TV replays: Peter Parker. Match referee: Mike Procter).

March 17: India v Bangladesh at Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain (Umpires: Aleem Dar and Steve Davis. TV replays: Ian Howell. Match referee: Alan Hurst).

March 17: Pakistan v Ireland at Sabina Park, Kingston (Umpires: Brian Jerling and Billy Bowden. TV replays: Simon Taufel. Match referee: Chris Broad).

March 18: Australia v Netherlands at Warner Park, St Kitts (Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Tony Hill. TV replays: Asoka de Silva. Match referee: Javagal Srinath).

March 18: England v Canada at Beausejour Stadium, St Lucia (Umpires: Peter Parker and Billy Doctrove. TV replays: Asad Rauf. Match referee: Jeff Crowe).

March 19: India v Bermuda at Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain (Umpires: Aleem Dar and Ian Howell. TV replays: Daryl Harper. Match referee: Alan Hurst).

March 19: West Indies v Zimbabwe at Sabina Park, Kingston (Umpires: Simon Taufel and Ian Gould. TV replays: Billy Bowden. Match referee: Roshan Mahanama).

March 20: South Africa v Scotland at Warner Park, St Kitts (Umpires: Mark Benson and Asoka de Silva. TV replays: Steve Bucknor. Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle).

March 20: New Zealand v Kenya at Beausejour Stadium, St Lucia (Umpires: Rudi Koertzen and Billy Doctrove. TV replays: Peter Parker. Match referee: Mike Procter).

March 21: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain (Umpires: Daryl Harper and Steve Davis. TV replays: Ian Howell. Match referee: Jeff Crowe).

March 21: Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Sabina Park, Kingston (Umpires: Simon Taufel and Brian Jerling. TV replays: Ian Gould. Match referee: Chris Broad).

March 22: Scotland v Netherlands at Warner Park, St Kitts (Umpires: Tony Hill and Asoka de Silva. TV replays: Mark Benson. Match referee: Javagal Srinath).

March 22: New Zealand v Canada at Beausejour Stadium, St Lucia (Umpires: Billy Doctrove and Asad Rauf. TV replays: Rudi Koertzen. Match referee: Mike Procter).

March 23: India v Sri Lanka at Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain (Umpires: Aleem Dar and Daryl Harper. TV replays: Steve Davis. Match referee: Jeff Crowe).

March 23: West Indies v Ireland at Sabina Park, Kingston (Umpires: Billy Bowden and Ian Gould. TV replays: Brian Jerling. Match referee: Roshan Mahanama).

March 24: Australia v South Africa at Warner Park, St Kitts (Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Mark Benson. TV replays: Tony Hill. Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle).

March 24: England v Kenya at Beausejour Stadium, St Lucia (Umpires: Rudi Koertzen and Peter Parker. TV replays: Billy Doctrove. Match referee: Mike Procter).

March 25: Bangladesh v Bermuda at Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain (Umpires: Ian Howell and Steve Davis. TV replays: Aleem Dar. Match referee: Alan Hurst).