the match was umpired by sri lanka's kumar dharmasena and england's richard kettleborough, both of whom were on the elite panel of icc umpires. kettleborough was named the icc umpire of the year in 2013 and 2014 with dharmasena winning the award in 2012. dharmasena was part of the sri lanka team which won the 1996 final against australia, and became the first person to feature in the final as a player and as an umpire. sri lankan ranjan madugalle was the match referee, south africa's marais erasmus was the tv umpire and former england odi international cricketer ian gould was the fourth umpire.