Calcutta: Marais Erasmus and Nigel Llong will be the on-field umpires for the World Cup opener between New Zealand and Sri Lanka on February 14 as the ICC on Friday announced the umpire and match referees for the pool stage of the mega event.

India’s S. Ravi and Simon Fry will be the third and fourth umpires, respectively, while David Boon will be the match referee for the first match to be held in Christchurch.

On the same day in a day/night fixture in Melbourne, Australia will lock horns with England, which will be umpired by Aleem Dar and Kumar Dharmasena.

Billy Bowden will be the third umpire, while Joel Wilson will perform the fourth umpire’s duties. Jeff Crowe will be the match referee. Apart from Boon and Crowe, Chris Broad, Ranjan Madugalle and Roshan Mahanama will share the match referees’ responsibilities during the 44-day tournament.