Lindsay named match referee for NZ series

The ICC has appointed South African Denis Lindsay Africa as referee for the forthcoming One-Day and Test series between Pakistan and New Zealand starting with the first one-dayer at Karachi from Sept 19.

The ICC also appointed David Shepherd (England), and Ashoka de Silva (Sri Lanka) who will stand with one Paksitan umpire in the Test matches. Asoka de Silva will conduct Test matches to be held at Peshawar and Faisalabad while Shepherd is named for Karachi Test.

Following is the schedule of the New Zealand tour to Pakistan with appointments of the referees and umpires for each match of the tour:

Sept 16: One-Day warm match at the National Stadium, Karachi; Umpires: Islam Khan, Afzaal Ahmad; Referee: Taslim Arif.

Sept 19: 1st One-Day, National Stadium, Karachi. Umpires: Saleem Badar, Nazir Junior. TV umpire: Iftikhar Malik. Reserve umpire: Islam Khan.

Sept 22: 2nd One-Day, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Umpires: Mian Mohammad Aslam, Riazuddin. TV Umpire: Feroz Butt. Reserve umpire: Siddique Khan.

Sept 25: 3rd One-Day, Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi. Umpires: Shakeel Khan, Z.I Pasha. TV Umpire: Sadiq Mohammad. Reserve umpire: Aleem Dar.

Sept 27-29: 3-day match, KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi. Umpires: Ihteshamul Haq, Waqar Mughal. Referee: Azhar Khan.

Oct 2-6: 1st Test, Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar; Umpires: Asoka de Silva, Saleem Badar. TV Umpire: Sadiq Mohammad. Reserve umpire: Iqbal Butt.

Oct 8-10: Three-day, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri, Asad Rauf. Referee: Sultan Rana.

Oct 13-17: 2nd Test, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad. Umpires: Asoka de Silva, Mian Mohammad Aslam. TV Umpire: Nazir Junior. Reserve umpire: Iftikhar Malik.

Oct 20-24: 3rd Test, National Stadium, Karachi. Umpires: David Shephrerd, Shakeel Khan. TV Umpire: Feroz Butt. Reserve Umpire: Afzaal Ahmad.