UMPIRE’S DECISION

Arnold Maddela was included in the ICC’s panel of officiating umpires for Caribbean hosted U19 World Cup earlier this year.

Maddela was one of two Canadians initially appointed to the panel. The other Canadian appointee, Harry Grewal, withdrew from participating for personal reasons.

The India-born Arnold Maddela is a West Indies Cricket Umpires Association (WICUA) qualified umpire who holds the distinction of having scored the highest marks in the 2007 practical and oral Exam (West Indies and North America). As an England Cricket Board (ECB ACO) qualified member and Cricket Canada Level 3 umpire, Maddela has been officiating at international matches since 2007.

To date, Maddela has been involved as an umpire in 11 international matches. He has served as a standing, on field, umpire in seven of those matches. He was also the TV umpire for the remaining four matches. Maddela’s previous most recent involvement as an International umpire was in November 2021. He was one of the standing on field umpires for the Bahamas vs. USA match during the ICC’s Antigua hosted Americas Region 2022 T20 World Cup Qualifier

Maddela’s involvement with Canadian cricket as an active umpire began in 2007. Before this, in his native India, he had also officiated in matches there from 1990 – 1999.

Maddela has served as president of the Toronto Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association which is the oldest and largest association in North America. He is also a member of the Cricket Canada National Umpiring Committee.

Cricket Canada General Manager Ingleton Liburd said, “We are extremely proud of Arnold and Harry’s appointment which is a testimony to their hard work and dedication. We also hope that their selection will inspire other Canadian umpires.”

The sixteen countries ICC 2022 U19 World Cup was played in four Caribbean territories, Antigua, Guyana, St.Kitts, and Trinidad & Tobago. As one of the tournament’s sixteen competing countries, and led by Mihir Patel, Canada made its fifth successive ICC U19 World Cup appearance and its eighth overall.

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