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The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday announced the match officials for the three-match One-Day International series between Pakistan and Australia, scheduled to be played in Rawalpindi and Lahore from May 30 to June 4.
Former Sri Lanka cricketer Graeme La Brooy, who played nine Tests and 44 ODIs between 1986 and 1992, will serve as match referee for all three matches.
ICC Elite Panel umpires Ahsan Raza of Pakistan, England’s Richard Kettleborough, and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Dharmasena will officiate as on-field umpires during the series.
In the opening ODI at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on May 30, Dharmasena will partner Pakistan’s Asif Yaqoob, a member of the ICC Emerging Umpires Panel, as on-field umpires. Kettleborough will serve as the third umpire, while Faisal Khan Aafreedi will be the fourth umpire.
For the second ODI at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium on June 2, Kettleborough and Faisal Khan Aafreedi will officiate on the field. Dharmasena will take over third umpire duties, with Asif Yaqoob serving as fourth umpire.
In the final ODI at the same venue on June 4, Dharmasena and Ahsan Raza will stand as on-field umpires. Kettleborough will be the third umpire, while Pakistan’s Nasir Hussain, a member of the ICC International Panel of Umpires, will serve as the fourth umpire.