Mahboob trains Afghan umpires

Published April 25, 2015

KARACHI: Former Pakistan legendary Test umpire Mahboob Shah returned here on Friday from Afghanistan after conducting Level-I Umpiring Courses for local umpires.

These four-day courses were organised by the Afghanistan Cricket Board under the auspices of the Asian Cricket Council.

He conducted the programme in Mazar-e- Sharif, Balkh and Kabul.

Mahboob said on his return, “I performed monitoring of their elite panel of umpires, gave them tips for improvement, held a seminar for match referees and gave English language test to some of the Afghan ACC Level-II qualified umpires.”

Published in Dawn, April 25th, 2015

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