Marais Erasmus has retained his place on the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires for the 2017-18 season.

Erasmus is the lone South African representative on an unchanged Elite Panel. The selection panel charged with the decision included former England player and umpire David Lloyd, as well as ICC Chief Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle,

Erasmus was given the honour of officiating the Champions Trophy final between India and Pakistan on 18 June.

The Panel of Match Referees remains the same too.

Panel of ICC Umpires: Aleem Dar, Kumar Dharmasena, Marais Erasmus, Chris Gaffaney, Ian Gould, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Nigel Llong, Bruce Oxenford, Sundaram Ravi, Paul Reiffel and Rod Tucker.

Panel of ICC Match Referees: David Boon, Chris Broad, Jeff Crowe, Ranjan Madugalle, Andy Pycroft, Javagal Srinath and Richie Richardson.