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Published 26 May, 2012 07:46am

Pride of Pakistan: Aleem Dar sets yet another record

The pride of Pakistan, umpire, Aleem Dar is the only umpire from Asia who has looked-over a game of cricket for the 74th time in his career. Indian umpire Venkat Raghav was the record holder before him who stood in 73 matches.

Dar broke his record today by standing as umpire in the England-West Indies test today, on Friday.

With this record, he has also become the world's sixth umpire to have stood and judged in most matches.

Talking to the media, while thanking his family and friends for their support, Aleem Dar said, that he liked umpiring as a passion and he would continue to do it for as long as possible.

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