Dubai, Jan. 21: The International Cricket Council has announced the referee and umpires who will officiate in the upcoming ODI series in Sri Lanka and Australia.

The five-ODI series between Sri Lanka and India will get underway in Dambulla on 28 January. The head of the playing control team for this series will be Chris Broad of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees.

Brian Jerling of the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires will stand in all five matches along with local appointments.

Meanwhile, Perth is the location for the first of five ODIs between Australia and New Zealand in a series that gets underway on 1 February. Roshan Mahanama, also of the Emirates Elite Panel, will be the match referee for that series while Steve Bucknor of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires will stand in all five matches with local appointments. (ANI)