The Domestic Tournament Monitoring Committee (DMTC) which met at PCB Head Office Gaddafi Stadium Lahore on Thursday 25th February 1999 under the Chairmanship of Mr. S. Sirajul Islam Bukhari, has finalized the draws and posting of umpires and referees for Wills Cup One-day tournament which starts from 4th April 1999 at various venues all over Pakistan. Others who attended the meeting were M/s Mian Muhammad Munir, Azhar H. Zaidi, Fazle Habib, A. Majeed Khan and Javed Yousuf Qamar, Saqib Irfan attended the meeting on behalf of PCB Secretariat.

DTMC reviewed with satisfaction the progress of the ongoing Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Grade I and II and finalized the venues, Umpires and referees for the Semi Finals and the Final of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Grade II as under:

Date	Match	Venue	Umpires	Referee
5-8 March	1st Semi Final	Gujranwala	Mian Aslam Rab Nawaz	Naseer Malik
5-8 March	2nd Semi Final	NSK	Shakeel Khan Islam Khan	Anwar Khan
11-14 March	Final	Gaddafi Stadium Lahore	Said Shah Afzal Ahmed	Ali Zia

DTMC referred the case of Sibi Division Cricket Association regarding inclusion of banned player in their Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Grade II match and violation of PCB rule I(B) to PCB Disciplinary Committee. The Committee has advised all the participating teams to strictly follow the guest player rules of Qaid-e-Azam Trophy failing which the defaulter will be scratched from the tournament in future. The Committee issued a final warning to Pakistan Railways to deposit the fine otherwise Pakistan Railways will not be allowed to participate in future tournaments.

DTMC formed a sub committee comprising of Mr. Fazle Habib as Chairman, Mr. A. Majeed Khan and Mr. Javed Yousuf Qamar as members to look after the Disciplinary matters regarding Umpire Tariq Cheema and indiscipline reported by Match Referee Hafiz Shahid.

The Committee decided to organize a group discussion of the Umpires, Referees, Scorers and officials of the participating teams of wills Cup simultaneously at Lahore and Karachi to discuss the new target score calculation rule (Duckworth Lewis Method) and other playing Conditions of Wills Cup. All team officials, Umpires, Referees and Scorers from Karachi and Hyderabad will assemble at National Stadium Karachi whereas the rest will assemble at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore on 21st March 1999 at 11:00 a.m.
The Committee also advised all the participating teams of the domestic tournaments to submit the Captains Reports on Umpires within on week of the conclusion of each match failing which 1 point will be deducted.

S.SIRAJ UL ISLAM BUKHARI
Chairman DTMC
25th February 1999

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