DUBAI, April 25: Pakistan’s four nominees Talat Ali, Naushad Ali, Hasan Jamil and Pervez Sajjad were rejected as match referee by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

The prized post went to former India fast bowler Javagal Srinath.

He will join former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd and Australian Alan Hurst in panel of second tier of part-time match referees.

Sri Lankans Ranjan Madugalle and Roshan Mahanama, South African Mike Procter and New Zealand's Jeff Crowe were retained in Elite panel of full-time match referees after a review conducted by ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed and Chairman of Cricket Committee Sunil Gavaskar.

England's Chris Broad, who had twice called Indian off-

spinner Harbhajan Singh for chucking, was axed from panel.

Srinath, who played 67 Tests, had taken 236 wickets at average of 30.49, while claiming 315 scalps at 28.08 in 229 One-day Internationals.—Agencies