Match officials for the test and ODI series against India

[Miraz]

No Elite panel umpires are going to officiate the ODI series against India.

It's the same Ashoka De Silva who going to stand in the ODI's along with Nadir Shah and Enamul Huq Moni.

I am not happy to see Ashoka there. IMO, he is the worst umpire of world cricket.

Hopefully he will do something better than his reputation.

From Zunaid bhai's post, Daryl Harper and Billy Doctrove are going to stand in the test matches.

[Zunaid]

Bangladesh Cricket Board

Date: 02 May 2007

Media Release

Match Officials for Grameenphone India Tour of Bangladesh 2007

Following is the list of officials for the two Tests and three One Day Internationals of the Grameenphone India Tour of Bangladesh 2007:

Match	Date & Venue	Match Referee	Field Umpire	TV Umpire	Reserve Umpire
1st ODI	10 May 2007, Dhaka (SBNCS)	Mr. Roshan Mahanma	Mr. Nadir Shah Mr. Asoka De Silva	Mr. A.F.M. Akhtar Uddin	Mr. Sayed Mahbub Ullah
2nd ODI	12 May 2007, Dhaka (SBNCS)	Mr. Roshan Mahanma	Mr. Enamul Hoque Moni Mr. Asoka De Silva	Mr. A.F.M. Akhtar Uddin	Mr. Sayed Mahbub Ullah
3rd ODI	15 May 2007, Chittagong (BSSRAS)	Mr. Roshan Mahanma	Mr. Enamul Hoque Moni Mr. Asoka De Silva	Mr. A.F.M. Akhtar Uddin	Mr. Jahangir Alam
1st Test	18 - 22 May 2007, Chittagong (BSSRAS)	Mr. Roshan Mahanma	Mr. Daryl Harper Mr. Billy Doctrove	Mr. Enamul Hoque Moni	Mr. Jahangir Alam
2nd Test	25 - 29 May 2007, Dhaka (SBNCS)	Mr. Roshan Mahanma	Mr. Daryl Harper Mr. Billy Doctrove	Mr. Nadir Shah	Mr. Monzur Rahman

Venues :
SBNCS : Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
BSSRAS: Bir Sreshtha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Chittagong
Media & Communications Department, BCB
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[Murad]

i'm happy that mahbubur rahman or something.. is not empiring.. hes the worst empire bd ever produced.. player ra appeal korleii out diye dei.. pagla ekta

[TheWatcher]

Oh no, not Ashoka again

[chinatown]

say no to........Ashoka De Silva...he is one of the bad umpire i hav ever seen

[Nafis_BD]

I hate both Ashoka and Mahbubur Rahman (thank god Mahbubur is not umpiring) I dont know about the Moni guy but he better be good!!!!And Ashoka better be good too!!!I wish there were more proffesional ones umpiring u know not theese faltu guys!!!!

[pagol-chagol]

You all are afraid of Asoka? I am afraid of Moni. He might intentionally trip Rafiq while bowling.

[TheWatcher]

Originally Posted by pagol-chagol
You all are afraid of Asoka? I am afraid of Moni. He might intentionally trip Rafiq while bowling.

Pagole kina bole .....

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by TheWatcher
Pagole kina bole .....

Jealousy!!

[BD-Shardul]

ASHOKA ekta beyadob, number 1 stupid.

Anyway, don't worry. Ashoka shala jodi kisu kore, tahole Nadir Shah tar khatipuron korbe.

[Fortuner]

Ashoka shld b leg umpire only.cnt see as the main umpire..ughhhhhhhh

[Protic]

Nadir Shah is good !

[TheWatcher]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
Jealousy!!

I say it again - Pagole kina bole.

[Mohiul]

he is one of the worst umpires

[cricket_pagol]

Asoka makes me scared!!! everyone else is acceptable

[Mohiul]

Ashoka De Silva is simply a disgusting umpire.

Ashoka De Silva = ADS = Active Denial System (as he will always deny giving us a positive decision) as he is suffering from ADS=Attention deficit syndrome

[Zunaid]

The funny thing is that Indian cricket fans feel the same way about Asoka as we do.

So, perhaps things shall even out.

[bulbul_fan]

i m 100% bd will loose matchs becoz of ashoka
we lost 1 test match against pak bcoz of ashoka
guyz....y is he thre for bd seriz nli ???

[Omio]

oshoka...r keu nai,

[cricket_king]

Hmmmm........why doesnt bangladesh get elite panel umpires for ODIs in Bangladesh? This really does seem stupid to me. We should get the same level umpires that the top 8 teams get......after all, we are a test playing nation.

[BD Tigers]

that's the only srilankan i dont like. why on earth ICC letting him umpire a game?

[gatekeeper]

Originally Posted by Miraz
It's the same Ashoka De Silva who going to stand in the ODI's along with Nadir Shah and Enamul Huq Moni.

I am not happy to see Ashoka there. IMO, he is the worst umpire of world cricket.

.

Actually. I'm not too comfortable with Nadir Shah either. He's easily intimidated.

[gatekeeper]

Originally Posted by Zunaid
The funny thing is that Indian cricket fans feel the same way about Asoka as we do.

So, perhaps things shall even out.

Well, my biggest complaint is not that he'll be partial, he'll simply ruin a good game. And more often than not, bad umpiring effects the less experienced team negatively.