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Umpires, scorers named for jubilee cricket

By Sports Correspondent

24 September 1997

LAHORE, Sept 23: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday announced the names of umpires, TV umpires, reserve umpires and scorers to supervize matches during the golden jubilee cricket season from Sept 28 to Dec 6. The table below shows the matches, venues, umpires, tv umpires, referee, reserve umpire and scorers for Tests and one-day international matches:

Pakistan Vs. India (Three One-Day match Series).

Sept 28: 1st One-Day at Hyderabad: Saleem Badar, Said Shah, Riazuddin, R. Madugalle,Taufiq Khan, Arif Majeed.

Sept 30: 2nd One-Day at Karachi: Salim Badar, Mian Aslam, Riazuddin, R. Madugalle, Shakeel Khan, Aamer qureshi.

Oct 2: 3rd One-Day at Lahore (D/N), Javed Akhtar, Nazir Junior, Mian Aslam, R. Madugalle, Siddique Khan, Masood Ahmad.

Test and side matches against South Africa.

Oct 1 to 3: 3-day match at Karachi: Umpires: Saleem Badar,Riazuddin. Scorers: Muhammad Ahsan.

Oct 6 to 10: First Test at Rawalpindi: Javed Akhtar, Venkat Raghavan, Said Shah, R.Madugalle, Z.I Pasha, Rashid Iqbal.

Oct 12 to 14: 3-Day match at Peshawar. Umpires: Said Shah , Nazir Junior. Scorer: Nadeem Akhtar.

Oct 17-21: 2nd Test at Sheikhupura: Nazir Junior, K.T Francis, Athar Zaidi, R. Madugalle, Iftikhar Malik, Shahid Farooq.

Oct 24-28: 3rd Test at Faisalabad: Mian Aslam, Steve Dunne, Nazir Junior, R.Madugalle, Siddique Khan, Tahir Sohaib.

Quadrangular Tournament.

All matches at the Qaddhafi Stadium Lahore under floodlights.

Nov 1: Sri Lanka vs. West Indies; Saleem Badar, Javed Akhtar, Said Shah, Ahmad Ebrahim, Iftikhar Malik, Abdul Hameed.

Nov 2: Pakistan Vs. South Africa: Steve Dunne , Ian Robinson, Javed Akhtar, Ahmad Ebrahim, Siddique Khan, Masood Ahmad.

Nov 3: West Indies vs. South Africa; Javed Akhtar, Said Shah, Saleem Badar, Ahmad Ebrahim, Iftikhar Malik, Azhar Hussain.

Nov 4: Pakistan vs. West Indies; Steve Dunne, Ian Robinson, Nazir Jnr. Ahmad Ebrahim, Siddique Khan, Najamus Saeed.

Nov 5: Pakistan Vs. Sri Lanka; Steve Dunne, Ian Robinson, Mian Aslam, Ahmad Ebrahim, Siddique Khan, Abdul Hameed.

Nov 6: Sri Lanka vs. South Africa; Nazir Jnr., Mian Aslam, Saleem Badar, Ahmad Ebrahim, Iftikhar Malik, Azhar Hussain.

Nov 8: Final: Saleem Badar, Javed Akhtar, Athar Zaidi, Ahmad Ebrahim, Nazir Jnr. Abdul Hameed.

(If Pakistan qualifies for the final then the ICC umpire will supervise the match. Saleem Badar will act as TV umpire and Javed Akhtar as reserve umpire).

Three Test series between Pakistan and West Indies.

Nov 11-14: Four-day match at Rawalpindi: Umpires; Javed Akhtar and Siddique Khan. Scorer: Rashid Iqbal.

Nov 17 to 21: First Test at Peshawar: Said Shah, ICC umpire, Javed Akhtar , ICC Referee, Sajjad Asghar, Nadeem Akhtar.

Nov 24 to 26: 3-Day match at Hyderabad. Umpires: Mian Aslam and Afzaal Ahmad. Scorer: Arif Majeed.

Nov 29 to Dec 3: 2nd Test at Rawalpindi: Javed Akhtar, ICC Umpire, Mian Aslam, ICC Referee, Z.I Pasha, Zubair Afzal.

Dec 6 to 10: 3rd Test at Karachi: Saleem Badar, ICC umpire, Riazuddin, ICC Referee, Islam Khan, Zeeshan Fazal.

Source: Dawn
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