T20 World Cup 2022: Kumar Dharmasena and Paul Reiffel to officiate in India vs England semi-final at Adelaide Oval

The match official appointments for the semi-finals of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 have been announced.

The first semi-final between New Zealand and Pakistan will take place at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney on Wednesday, 9 November, while the second semi-final between India and England will be played on Thursday, 10 November at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide.

The match official appointments are as follows:

9 November – New Zealand v Pakistan (19h00 AEDT), Sydney Cricket Ground - Marais Erasmus and Richard Illingworth (on-field), Richard Kettleborough (third umpire), Michael Gough (fourth umpire) and Chris Broad (match referee).

10 November – India v England (18h30 ACDT), Adelaide Oval – Kumar Dharmasena and Paul Reiffel (on-field), Chris Gaffaney (third umpire), Rod Tucker (fourth umpire) and David Boon (match referee).

Appointments for the 13 November final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground will be advised once the outcome of both semi-finals are known.

Road to semi-final for top four teams

It has been a pretty dramatic T20 World Cup so far down under. India made it to the top of the table in their group beating arch-rivals Pakistan, Netherlands, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. The only game they lost was against South Africa in a low-scoring affair in Perth. As for Pakistan, luck played a massive part in them making it to the knockouts.

They had no business making it this far in the tournament after losing to India and Zimbabwe in their first two outings. However, they registered wins over Netherlands, South Africa and Bangladesh and the Netherlands came up with massive upset defeating the Proteas that opened the doors of semi-final for the men in green.

As far as the group 1 is concerned, New Zealand topped the group playing some exciting cricket. They thumped the defending champions Australia first and despite losing to England, they comfortably topped the group with wins over other sides and a washout vs Afghanistan. England stumbled against Ireland but came out on top in other games while their game vs Australia was washed out.