Officials for Indian series named

Published January 4, 2006

LAHORE, Jan 3: Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday announced umpires and match referees for the home Test and ODI series against India. Sri Lankan Ranjan Madugalle and England’s Chris Broad have been named Match Referees for Tests and ODIs.

Three-day match Jan 7-9: Bagh-i-Jinnah Lahore, Umpires: Riazuddin, Zameer Haider,

1st Test Jan 13-17 Lahore, Umpires: Rudi Koertzen, Darrell Hair, TV Umpire, Nadeem Ghouri, Reserve. Umpire, Siddique Khan, Referee,

2nd Test Jan 21 to 25: Faisalabad, Umpires: Simon Taufel, Rudi Koertzen, TV Umpire Zameer Haider, Resserve. Umpire, Rasheed Bhatli,

3rd Test Jan 29-Feb Karachi, Umpires: Simon Taufel, Daryl Harper, TV Umpire, Asad Rauf, Reserve Umpire, Saleem Badar,

Ist ODI Feb 6 Arbab Niaz Stadium Peshawar: Umpires: Simon Taufel, Asad Rauf, TV Umpire,Zameer Haidar, Reserve Umpire, Iqbal Butt,

2nd ODI Feb 11 at Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi: Umpires, Simon Taufel, Asad Rauf, TV Umpire,Zameer Haider, Reserve Umpire, Iftikhar Malik,

3rd ODI Feb 13 Gaddafi Stadium Lahore: Umpires, Simon Taufel, Asad Rauf, TV Umpire,Zameer Haider, Reserve.Umpire, Mian Aslam

4th ODI Feb 16 Multan Cricket Stadium,: Umpires, Steve Bucknor, Asad Rauf, TV Umpire, Zameer Haidar, Reserve Umpire, Riazuddin,

5th ODI Feb 19 National Stadium Karachi: pires, Aleem Dar, TV Umpire, Asad Rauf, Reserve Umpire, Afzaal Ahmed.

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