LAHORE – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has unveiled the panel of match officials for the upcoming three-match T20I series between Pakistan and Australia, scheduled at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, from January 29 to February 1.
The matches will begin at 4:00 PM Pakistan Time, with the coin toss set for 3:30 PM.
ICC International Panel Match Referee Ali Naqvi will oversee all three games as the lead match referee.
The second T20I will mark a special milestone for Naqvi, as it will be his 50th T20I match as a referee. He had officiated his debut T20I at the same venue in April 2023.
Ahsan Raza, from the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires, will serve as one of the on-field umpires for the first two matches. He will be joined by Asif Yaqoob, from the ICC Emerging Panel of Umpires, and Rashid Riaz, from the ICC International Panel, in the first and second T20Is, respectively.
For the third T20I, Rashid will serve as the fourth umpire, and he will be joined by Nasir Hussain, also from the ICC International Panel. Zulfiqar Jan, a member of the PCB National Elite Panel, will take on the role of fourth umpire for this match.
Nasir Hussain will begin the series as the third umpire for the first T20I and will also serve as the fourth umpire during the second game. Asif Yaqoob and Tariq Rasheed from the PCB National Elite Panel will handle third umpire duties in the second and third T20Is, respectively.
Match-Wise Umpire Panels
1st T20I – 29 January – Ahsan Raza and Asif Yaqoob – on-field umpires, Nasir Hussain – third umpire, Rashid Riaz – fourth umpire, Ali Naqvi – match referee
2nd T20I – 31 January – Ahsan Raza and Rashid Riaz – on-field umpires, Asif Yaqoob – third umpire, Nasir Hussain fourth Umpire, Ali Naqvi – match referee
3rd T20I – 1 February – Rashid Riaz and Nasir Hussain – on-field umpires, Tariq Rasheed – third umpire, Zulfiqar Jan – fourth umpire, Ali Naqvi – match referee
