PCB unveils match officials for PSL 11 Qualifier and Eliminators

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), on Tuesday, revealed match officials for the Qualifier, Eliminator 1, and Eliminator 2 of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) 11.

Member of ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees Sir Richard Richardson will lead the Playing Control Team for the Qualifier between Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United at the National Bank Stadium, Karachi.

Earlier, he made his PSL debut as a match referee on 15 April and will bow out for this season, having officiated 10 games.

Christopher Gaffaney of New Zealand will be joined by Alexander Wharf of England as on-field Umpire for the Qualifier. Both are part of the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires.

Faisal Khan Aafreedi, ICC International Panel Umpire, will serve as the third Umpire, while PCB’s National Elite Panel Umpire Zulfiqar Jan will be the fourth Umpire.

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Roshan Mahanama of Sri Lanka will lead the Playing Control Team in both the Eliminators. He has the honour of officiating in all 11 PSL seasons, and his tally of games as match referee in the league currently stands at 127.

In the Hyderabad Kingsmen v Multan Sultans Eliminator 1 in Lahore, ICC Elite Panel Umpire Shahid Saikat from Bangladesh will join ICC Emerging Panel Umpire Asif Yaqoob as on-field Umpire, while Rashid Riaz Waqar of ICC Emerging Panel of Umpires will be the third Umpire.

Nasir Hussain of ICC International Panel of Umpires will perform duties as the fourth Umpire.

The Eliminator 2 on 1 May between the winner of Eliminator 1 and the losing team of Qualifier will be officiated on-field by ICC Elite Panel Umpires Ahsan Raza and Shahid Saikat, while Asif Yaqoob and Rashid Riaz will carry out the duties of third and fourth Umpire, respectively.

The Match officials for the highly-anticipated 3 May final will be announced in due course.

Match officials for PSL 11 playoffs

Qualifier (28 April)

On-field umpires: Christopher Gaffaney and Alexander Wharf

Third umpire: Faisal Khan Aafreedi

Fourth umpire: Zulfiqar Jan

Match referee: Sir Richie Richardson

Eliminator 1 (29 April)

On-field umpires: Shahid Saikat and Asif Yaqoob

Third umpire: Rashid Riaz

Fourth umpire: Nasir Hussain

Match referee: Roshan Mahanama

Eliminator 2 (1 May)

On-field umpires: Ahsan Raza and Shahid Saikat

Third umpire: Asif Yaqoob

Fourth umpire: Rashid Riaz

Match referee: Roshan Mahanama

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