ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: The Asian Cricket Council has finalised a three-month calendar of activities starting with Level-I coaching courses in Qatar, Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuwait.

Iqbal Sikander (Pakistan), Roger Binny (India) and Rumesh Ratnayake (Sri Lanka) have been appointed resource persons for the courses, the first of which kicks off on Jan 5 in Qatar. The two-day event would be followed by three similar courses all in the month of January.

February would see Oman, Thailand, Maldives and the UAE hosting these courses.

Grade I umpires workshops in Oman, Qatar and Kuwait are also planned for January with Pakistan’s Test umpire Mahboob Shah acting as the resource person.

Such workshops, all of two-day duration, would also be held in February with the venues being Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Bhutan, Maldives and Nepal.

The workshops are aimed at upgrading the skills of umpires in various countries.

Meanwhile three Level II coaching courses of four-day duration are to be organised in Kuwait, Nepal and Malaysia in March.