PCB Announces Match Officials for Sri Lanka Home Series and ODI Tri-Series

Rawalpindi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the match officials panel for the T20I and Test series against Sri Lanka, as well as the ODI Tri-Series featuring England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

ODI Tri-Series (18 to 31 October, Rawalpindi and Lahore)

ICC Elite Panel match referee Jeff Crowe will officiate in the ODI Tri-Series.

Elite Panel umpires Ahsan Raza and Sharfuddoula Ibn Shahid will also be part of the officials’ panel. In addition, Asif Yaqoob, Rashid Riaz, Faisal Afridi and Nasir Hussain will officiate as umpires. New Zealand umpire Wayne Knights will also perform officiating duties during the Tri-Series.

For the Tri-Series final, Ahsan Raza and Wayne Knights will be the on-field umpires, while Sharfuddoula Ibn Shahid will serve as the third umpire. Sharfuddoula and Knights will also perform third-umpire duties in four and three matches, respectively.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Test Series (9 to 21 November, Rawalpindi and Lahore)

England’s ICC Emerging Panel referee Dean Cosker will be the match referee for the Test series. He will make his Test cricket debut as a match referee in the Rawalpindi Test.

ICC Elite Panel umpires Rod Tucker, Adrian Holdstock and Allahuddeen Paleker will serve as the on-field umpires during the Test series. Paleker and Tucker will perform third-umpire duties in the first and second Tests, respectively.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka T20I Series (9, 11 and 13 October, Rawalpindi)

Ali Naqvi, from the ICC International Panel of Match Referees, has been appointed as the match referee for the T20I series.

Rashid Riaz, Nasir Hussain and Faisal Afridi will perform on-field and third-umpire duties during the series, while Tariq Rasheed will serve as the fourth umpire in all three matches.