Match Officials : Bangladesh in Pakistan, 2007-08

[Miraz]

ICC Media Release
Thursday, April 03, 2008 7:42:51 PM


The ICC today announced details of umpire and match referee appointments for the upcoming ODI series in Pakistan between Pakistan and Bangladesh.

The series will be overseen by Mike Procter of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees while Steve Bucknor of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires will stand in the entire ODI series along with local appointments.

The Twenty20 International (T20I) on 20 April in Karachi will also be overseen by Procter with the game being umpired by the Pakistan Cricket Board appointees.

Series match referee – Mike Procter

8 April – Pakistan v Bangladesh (ODI), Lahore – Steve Bucknor and local appointment

11 April – Pakistan v Bangladesh (ODI), Faisalabad – Steve Bucknor and local appointment

13 April – Pakistan v Bangladesh (ODI), Lahore – Steve Bucknor and local appointment

16 April – Pakistan v Bangladesh (ODI), Multan – Steve Bucknor and local appointment

19 April – Pakistan v Bangladesh (ODI), Karachi – Steve Bucknor and local appointment

20 April – Pakistan v Bangladesh (T20I), Karachi – local appointments

[Miraz]

I hope Bucknor is seeing reasonably well.

[sadi]

Bucknor is back. I am so looking forward to it.

[thebest]

Thank God it is not Asoka

[crikfreak]

bucknor's good.. he'll make the right desicions.. i hope

[BANFAN]

Bangladesher Khobor Ache.

BD 11 Vs Pak 13 ? or BD 12 Vs Pak 12 (if Bucki Fav us by mistake)?

:/)

[lamisa]

oh no,not bucknor!

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by sadi
Bucknor is back. I am so looking forward to it.

so do i...!!!

[Tigers_eye]

Kopal pora Bd fans. I guess all the good ones are already taken or about to be taken. Hair can't stand in a Pakistani match. We have no choice.

[WarWolf]

I hope Bucknor had a operation in his eyes. Otherwise we have no chance...

[rainmaniac]

not him..AGAIN..

[mali007]

Kopalay dukhkho aachey --------- Australiar jhaal mitabay aamader upor deey!!!

[Murad]

I like Bucknor. Hes a gentleman.

[Nocturnal]

Bucknor is better than our own Moni bhai, but still it's Bucknoor who has eyesight problem against weaker team a lot!!

[al Furqaan]

he made some artrocious calls in the SA series, IIRC.

we are truly getting the shaft from the powers to be...

[Fazal]

Well our deshi umpires were not any way better then Him. Atelast Bucknor has a excuse that he is getting old, what their excuse?

[Mohiul]

He was my most favorite umpire. IMHO, he should retire now. Otherwise there won't be any respect left for him.

[tiger_omar]

He is getting worse as an umpire as his age might be getting to him, but IMO, he's still one of the best in the world. Much better than the Bangladeshi umps and even others. Hopefully he won't have too many bad decisions in this series.

[al-Sagar]

lets send an eyw specialist with bangladesh team who can check the eye of bucknor

[Eshen]

PCB unhappy with Procter and Bucknor’s presence

Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board is unhappy with the appointments of Mike Procter and Steve Bucknor as officials in the one-day series against Bangladesh starting on Tuesday.

PCB Chairman Nasim Ashraf said the Board will talk to the International Cricket Council on this matter.

“I will have our Director (cricket operations) speak to his counterpart in the ICC on this issue,” Ashraf said.

PCB’s reluctance to have Procter be the match referee in Pakistan matches has its origins in the infamous 2006 Oval Test where Australian umpire Darrell Hair’s five-run penalty for ball tampering culminated in a forfeiture.

Bucknor was removed by the ICC from the Perth Test of the India-Australia Test series after he made several blunders in the Sydney Test.

Ashraf, however, did not see Pakistan as a weak member of the ICC even though the world governing body reinstated Hair into its Elite Panel. “This is a wrong impression that Pakistan has no voice in the ICC.

That is not true. Let me tell you in clear words that Hair will not officiate in our matches even though the ICC has reinstated him.

“The ICC allowed Hair back because he had completed a six-month rehabilitation process and all the concerned people gave him good reports for his improvement in man management. Hair has been a top umpire as far as his decisions are concerned, but he was sidelined because of his poor management skills,” he said. — PTI

[ialbd]

yea we are stuck with Bucknor again...

Aleem Darr might be the other umpire (local appointment) in most of the matches, he is a decent umpire.

[Eshen]

Originally Posted by ialbd
yea we are stuck with Bucknor again...

Aleem Darr might be the other umpire (local appointment) in most of the matches, he is a decent umpire.

I doubt we will see two elite umpires together in this series (yes, Bucknor is still an elite umpire). My guess - Asad Rauf and Nadeem Ghauri are more likely candidates to accompany Bucknor in this series.

[Nafis_BD]

Originally Posted by Eshen
I doubt we will see two elite umpires together in this series (yes, Bucknor is still an elite umpire). My guess - Asad Rauf and Nadeem Ghauri are more likely candidates to accompany Bucknor in this series.

I hope it's Asad Rauf for the local umpire but I am not quite happy to see Bucknor as the other umpire. Even though Bucknor was one of the best umpires, his time is over!!

[Eshen]

Good news - Aleem Dar will be there for first two ODIs. However, Nadeem Ghauri and Zameer Haider will be the local umps for rest of the series.

http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Articles/7/7914.html

[MalikBro]

Good news for Bucknor's hater