Illingworth was part of India’s semi-final win over New Zealand, while Kettleborough led Australia’s win over South Africa in the last four.
Richard Kettleborough will be one of the on-field umpires for the India vs Australia World Cup final. AP
Richard Illingworth and Richard Kettleborough, both from England, will be the on-field umpires for the 2023 Cricket World Cup final between India and Australia in Ahmedabad. Kettleborough will be standing in their second ODI World Cup final after 2015 when Australia beat New Zealand for their record fifth title.
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Illingworth was part of India’s semi-final win over New Zealand, while Kettleborough led Australia’s win over South Africa in the last four.
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Illingworth and Kettleborough were promoted to the ICC International List on the same day in November 2009 and are previous winners of the David Shepherd Trophy, awarded to the ICC Umpire of the Year.
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Kettleborough, who reached a century of ODIs as an umpire earlier in the tournament when the Netherlands took on Sri Lanka, took home the award three years in a row between 2013 and 2015 and Illingworth added his name to the distinguished list in 2019 and 2022.
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On Sunday, the pair will be joined by Joel Wilson as third umpire, fourth umpire Chris Gaffaney and match referee Andy Pycroft, who were all part of the leading teams in the semi-finals.
However, seeing Kettleborough’s name might make India fans happy. The highly-acclaimed Kettleborough coach has featured in India’s winning matches at ICC events many times over the past 10 years when the Men in Blue failed to win a world title. There are no questions about the Kettleborough umpire, it’s all about the feeling that he doesn’t bring much luck to Team India.
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Kettleborough was the on-field umpire for India’s 2014 T20 World Cup final against Sri Lanka, the 2015 World Cup semi-final against Australia, the 2017 Champions Trophy final against Pakistan, and the semi-final of the World 2019 vs New Zealand. .
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