There were farcical scenes at the end of the World Cup final

Steve Bucknor and Aleem Dar, reserves Rudi Koertzen and Billy Bowden, plus referee Jeff Crowe were all criticised.

The final ended in darkness after Sri Lanka were told it would go to an extra day, then later asked to come back out.

The International Cricket Council said: "Following the mistake we will not appoint those five for the Twenty20."

Bucknor was officiating in his fifth World Cup final, with Dar making his maiden appearance in the one-day cricket showpiece in Barbados, which Australia won by 53 runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method.

After a delayed start because of rain, it was almost dark with Sri Lanka needing 62 from a mere three overs.

The information that they would need to come back to finish the match the next day was incorrect because they had already batted for the minimum requirement of 20 overs.

"It would have been easy to let sleeping dogs lie and pretend nothing happened," ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed said.

"But the reality is that the playing control team made a serious and fundamental error that caused the final of our flagship event to end in disarray and confusion.

"That was not acceptable for such experienced and talented officials. Although we do not like to have to take such action, we felt it was necessary to decline to appoint them for our next event."

Former New Zealand batsman Crowe, who played 39 Tests and 75 one-day internationals between 1983-90 and has been an international match referee since 2004, admitted he and his fellow officials had little defence.

"While it is never easy to take criticism, I think it is right that there are consequences for our actions as match officials," the 48-year-old said.