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Srinath to make World Cup debut as match referee
02nd Mar 2007  23.55 IST
By Agencies  


Former Indian speedster Javagal Srinath will make his World Cup debut as match referee when he officiates in a Group stage match between Australia and Scotland in St Kitts and Nevis on March 14.

Srinath was today named in the seven-member match referee panel announced by the ICC along with a list of 16 umpires to officiate in the group stage of the showpiece event in the West Indies.

The 37-year-old Indian who featured in four World Cups as player from 1992 to 2003, will stand in two other Group I matches -- Australia vs Netherlands on March 18 and Scotland vs Netherlands on Match 22.

Group I comprises Australia, the Netherlands, Scotland and South Africa.

Srinath who played 229 ODIs between 1991 and 2003, made his debut as ODI match referee in the match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Napier on December 28 last year and has since then stood in 10 ODIs, the last being on January 24 this year between Kenya and Canada in Mombasa.

He had also stood in four Tests between July (Sri Lanka VS South Africa at Colombo) and December last year (New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington).

Two-time Word Cup winning captain Clive Lloyd was the only omission from the ei

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