LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the match officials for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) X, scheduled from April 11 to May 18 in four venues – Karachi, Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi.
A total of 13 umpires and seven match referees will be involved in the 30 matches, while the match officials for the qualifiers, two eliminators and the final will be announced in due course, the PCB said in a release.
The elite panel of ICC umpires – Ahsan Raza, Paul Reiffel and Kumar Dharmasena – are among the 13 umpires who will officiate in the six-team tournament. Alex Wharf and Chris Brown are also included.
Aleem Dar, Asif Yaqoob, Faisal Khan Aafreedi, Rashid Riaz Waqar from Pakistan are part of the PCB International Panel of Umpires.
Abdul Moqeet, Nasir Hussain, Tariq Rashid and Zulfiqar Jan – part of the PCB Elite Panel of Umpires – will also be umpiring matches during this edition of the HBL PSL.
Among the match referees, ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees Ranjan Madugalle will oversee the matches along with his Sri Lankan counterpart Roshan Mahanama. Also serving as match referees are Ali Naqvi and Mohammad Javed Malik – both from the PCB International Panel of Match Referees.
Iftikhar Ahmed, Iqbal Sheikh and Nadeem Arshad will also be umpiring in the tournament.
