{"id":516373,"date":"2025-11-24T06:59:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T01:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=516373"},"modified":"2025-11-24T06:59:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T01:59:02","slug":"former-cricket-umpire-khizar-hayat-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/former-cricket-umpire-khizar-hayat-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Former cricket umpire Khizar Hayat passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> LAHORE<br \/>\nFormer international cricket umpire Khizar Hayat died in Lahore on Sunday. He was 86. It reports that at Hayat had been ill for some time.<br \/>\nThe former umpire also played first class cricket for Pakistan Railways. Hayat, who joined umpiring in 70s, stood as an umpire in test, one-day and domestic matches.<br \/>\nHe supervised 34 test, 57 one-day internationals and three world cup matches.<br \/>\nAfter retirement, Hayat also remained associated with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Expressing grief over the passing of the former umpire, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Syed Mohsin Naqvi has offered his condolences to the bereaved family.<br \/>\nPaying rich tributes to the deceased in his message, he said that the entire world acknowledged the decisions given by Hayat during the matches.<br \/>\nPCB chairman said that the services rendered by Hayat would be remembered forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE Former international cricket umpire Khizar Hayat died in Lahore on Sunday. He was 86. It reports that at Hayat had been ill for some time. The former umpire also played first class cricket for Pakistan Railways. 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