{"id":527201,"date":"2026-01-23T10:46:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=527201"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:46:41","slug":"match-officials-announced-for-pakistan-australia-t20i-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/match-officials-announced-for-pakistan-australia-t20i-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Match officials announced for Pakistan-Australia T20I series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nThe Pakistan Cricket Board has named the match officials\u2019 panel for three-match T20I series between Pakistan and Australia at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore from January 29 to February 1.  The games will start at 4pm PKT with the coin toss set to take place at 3.30pm PKT.<br \/>\nICC International Panel Match Referee Ali Naqvi will lead the playing control team in all the three matches, said a press release.<br \/>\nThe second game will be his 50th T20I as match referee as he officiated his first game in the format at the same venue in April 2023.<br \/>\nAhsan Raza, member of the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires, will be one of the on-field umpires during the first two T20Is, while Asif Yaqoob of ICC Emerging Panel of Umpires and Rashid Riaz of the ICC International Panel of Umpires will join him on the field in the first and second T20Is, respectively.<br \/>\nRashid, fourth umpire in first T20I, will join Nasir Hussain of ICC International Panel of Umpires in the third T20I to perform the on-field duties with PCB National Elite Panel of Umpires member Zulfiqar Jan being the fourth umpire.<br \/>\nApart from being the fourth umpire in the second game, Nasir will begin the series as third umpire, while Asif and Tariq Rasheed of PCB National Elite Panel of Umpires will perform the third umpire duties in the second and third T20I, respectively.<br \/>\n1st T20I\u2013January 29\u2013 Ahsan Raza and Asif Yaqoob \u2013 on-field umpires, Nasir Hussain \u2013 third umpire, Rashid Riaz \u2013 fourth umpire, Ali Naqvi \u2013 match referee.<br \/>\n2nd T20I\u2013January 3\u2013 Ahsan Raza and Rashid Riaz \u2013 on-field umpires, Asif Yaqoob \u2013 third umpire, Nasir Hussain fourth Umpire, Ali Naqvi \u2013 match referee.<br \/>\n3rd T20I\u2013February 1\u2013 Rashid Riaz and Nasir Hussain \u2013 on-field umpires, Tariq Rasheed \u2013 third umpire, Zulfiqar Jan \u2013 fourth umpire, Ali Naqvi \u2013 match referee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD The Pakistan Cricket Board has named the match officials\u2019 panel for three-match T20I series between Pakistan and Australia at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore from January 29 to February 1. 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