NZC has concluded their NZC Umpire & Scorer Selection Process for the upcoming season.

National Panel Umpires primarily officiate in the Plunket Shield, Ford Trophy and Super Smash competitions while the Regional Panel Umpires primarily officiate in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield, NZC National Tournaments and Hawke Cup Challenge matches.

Congratulations to all Umpires & Scorers on their selection.

Central Districts

Kannan Jagannathan

Northern Districts

Christelle High

Northern Districts

Central Districts

Match Referee Panel

Trudy Anderson (Canterbury)*
Richard Hayward (Central Districts)
Sue Morris (Auckland)
Shayne O’Connor (Otago)*
Kevin Pulley (Wellington)
Gary Troup (Auckland)
Greg Stretch (Central Districts)

*ICC International Panel Match Referees

NZC Regional Umpire Panels (2025-26)

Auckland Regional Umpire Panel

Yogi Bhogle
Jim Birchall
Vincent Calabro
Satish Ippa
Vinit Mahna
Manu Mohan
Bhavin Parshottham
Craig Pryor
Brad Wilson

Northern Districts Regional Umpire Panel

Brendon Davis
John Keen
Stu Martin
Tyler Melville
Damian Morrow
Andre North
Greg Peters
Sean Reynolds
Jass Singh
Texin Thangalathil

Central Districts Regional Umpire Panel

John Bromley
Regan Combe
Jimmy Ellingham
Andrew Holdaway
Chris Judson
Jason Leahy
Ajmal Majeed
Brendon Munford
Scott Oliver
Tim Shirriffs
Glen Walklin

Wellington Regional Umpire Panel

Tyron Davies
Charaka Ranasinghe
Rengaprabhu Srinivasan

Canterbury Regional Umpire Panel

Altamash Askari
Darryn Boyle
Regan Dalley
David Henderson
Matthew Hill
Brent Littmoden
Alyson Shipley

Otago Regional Umpire Panel

James Blunt
Ruben Groot
Niel Louw
Peter Pasco
Derek Walker

NZC National Scorer Panel

Michael Anderson (Auckland)
Annette Campbell (Auckland)
Chris McQuaid (Auckland)
Chris James (Northern Districts)
Chris High (Northern Districts)
Toni Hill (Northern Districts)
Justin Williams (Northern Districts
Dean Plummer (Northern Districts)
Duncan Mitchell (Central Districts)
Euan West (Central Districts)
Matt Frost (Wellington)
Keith Horsley (Wellington)
Jared Larsen (Canterbury)
Gail McGowan (Canterbury)
Karen Fleet (Canterbury)
Jeffrey Stuart (Canterbury)
Steph Drake (Canterbury)
Lindsay Neilson (Otago)
Malcolm Jones (Otago)
Sarah Tuapati (Otago)

NZC Reserve Scorer Panel

Erica Knights (Auckland)
Liam Du Burgess (Auckland)
Ian Pool (Northern Districts)
Shirish Nagar (Northern Districts)
Andrea Bryan (Central Districts)
Braden Byrne (Central Districts)
Kieron Thwaites (Wellington)
James Manhire (Wellington)
Tony Feely (Canterbury)
Kirsty Lees (Canterbury)
Jack Holdem (Canterbury)
Raewyn Inder (Canterbury)
Andrew Brookes (Otago)
Helen Simpson (Otago)

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