This year has been tremendous for the growth of sports in Pakistan, and cricket is no exception; Many big teams like Australia came to Pakistan after a couple of years or even decades. England is coming to Pakistan for the first time in 17 years. There has been an announcement regarding the match officials. The member of the International Panel of ICC match referees, Muhammad Javed Malik, will lead the control team in the series of seven T20 matches between Pakistan and England, this series will go on from 20 Sept till 2 Oct, and all the matches will be held in Karachi and Lahore.
Venue and Match Schedule:
To start the series, the first four T20 matches will be played at the National Stadium of Karachi, and the last three matches will be played at the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore. The National Stadium will hold the matches on 20, 22, 23, and 25 Sept, and Gaddafi will direct the matches on 28, 30, Sept and 2 Oct.
Meanwhile, the umpires and referees for the upcoming matches have been decided by Muhammad Javed Malik, head of management for the series. Duties are distributed among these umpires and referees, from the ICC Elite Panel of umpires, Aleem Dar, and the ICC International Panel of umpires, Asif Yaqoob with Ahsan Raza, Faisal Afridi, and Rashid Riaz will take on the roles for the series between the two nations.
Following is the list of the umpire and match referee appointments from the tour of Pakistan vs England from 20 Sept till 2 Oct.
First T20 Match
The First T20 match on 20 Sept will include these umpires and referees:
Aleem Dar and Asif Yaqoob will take on their duty as on-field umpires.
Ahsan Raza, as the third umpire.
Rashid Riaz, as the fourth umpire.
Muhammad Javed Malik, as match referee.
Second T20 Match:
The Second T20 match on 22 Sept will include these umpires and referees:
Ahsan Raza and Rashid Riaz will take on their duty as on-field umpires.
Asif Yaqoob, as the third umpire.
Faisal Afridi, as the fourth umpire.
Muhammad Javed Malik, as match referee.
Third T20 Match:
The Third T20 match on 23 Sept will include these umpires and referees:
Aleem Dar and Faisal Afridi will take on their duty as on-field umpires.
Rashid Riaz, as the third umpire.
Asif Yaqoob, as the fourth umpire.
Muhammad Javed Malik, as match referee.
Fourth T20 Match:
The Fourth T20 match on 25 Sept will include these umpires and referees:
Asif Yaqoob and Faisal Afridi will take on their duty as on-field umpires.
Ahsan Raza, as the third umpire.
Rashid Riaz, as the fourth umpire.
Muhammad Javed Malik, as match referee.
Fifth T20 Match:
The Fifth T20 match on 28 Sept will include these umpires and referees:
Aleem Dar and Ahsan Raza will take on their duty as on-field umpires.
Asif Yaqoob, as the third umpire.
Faisal Afridi, as the fourth umpire.
Muhammad Javed Malik, as match referee.
Sixth T20 Match:
The Sixth T20 match on 30 Sept will include these umpires and referees:
Aleem Dar and Rashid Riaz will take on their duty as on-field umpires.
Faisal Afridi, as the third umpire.
Ahsan Raza, as the fourth umpire.
Muhammad Javed Malik, as match referee.
Seventh T20 Match:
The Seventh T20 match on 2 Oct will include these umpires and referees:
Asif Yaqoob and Ahsan Raza will take on their duty as on-field umpires,
Rashid Riaz, as the third umpire,
Faisal Afridi, as the fourth umpire;
Muhammad Javed Malik, as match referee.
Umpire Performing in T20 Matches of Pakistan Vs England:
Aleem Dar will be the on-field umpire in four T20 matches, Ahsan Raza in three out of seven T20 matches, while Asif Yaqoob, Rashid Riaz, and Faisal Afridi will stand in two. These famous umpires will be performing their roles as on-field umpires by playing fair.
As you know, cricket is the most popular sport in Pakistan, and the fanbase for cricket here is large in numbers. Millions of people are desperately waiting for an international match to be held in their cities. Now since the international series are finally organized by our management in Pakistan, these cricket fans are eager to watch them while supporting their favorite team.
We should thank our PCB management, who worked so hard to bring cricket back to Pakistan, which is going successful so far. We hope to see more good things coming in our homeland, Pakistan.
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