ABU DHABI, Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates – Trinidad and To­ba­go’s in­ter­na­tion­al crick­et um­pire, Joel Wil­son has been re­moved from the In­ter­na­tion­al Crick­et Coun­cil’s (ICC) Elite Pan­el of Um­pires.

The 58-year-old Wil­son, who has um­pired in 67 Test match­es, 140 One Day In­ter­na­tion­als and 71 T20 In­ter­na­tion­als was re­moved from the pan­el along with Eng­land’s Michael Gough.

Wil­son was the lone um­pire from the re­gion se­lect­ed as a match of­fi­cial for the re­cent­ly con­clud­ed ICC Men’s Cham­pi­ons Tro­phy.

Wil­son and Gough have made way for Al­lahu­di­en Palek­er and Alex Wharf.

Palek­er, a for­mer first-class crick­eter from South Africa has of­fi­ci­at­ed in four Tests, 23 ODIs and 67 T20Is in men’s in­ter­na­tion­al crick­et and a to­tal of 17 women’s in­ter­na­tion­al games.

He has of­fi­ci­at­ed at ma­jor ICC tour­na­ments, in­clud­ing the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup, and the 2024 Un­der-19 Men’s Crick­et World Cup.

Mean­while, Wharf brings a wealth of ex­pe­ri­ence from his 16-year first-class ca­reer – hav­ing al­so fea­tured in 13 ODIs for Eng­land.

He has of­fi­ci­at­ed on-field in sev­en Tests, 33 ODIs, and 45 T20Is in men’s in­ter­na­tion­al crick­et.

Wharf stood at the re­cent ICC Men’s and Women’s Crick­et World Cups, the Men’s and Women’s T20 World Cups in 2024, and the Men’s Cham­pi­ons Tro­phy in 2025.

CMC