Syed Humayun, Ahmad Khan and Muhammad Qureshi’s names could be thought of as fourth umpires in BBL
Three out of 35 members of State and Territory Umpire Panels (STUP) for the 2023/24 season introduced by Cricket Australia have a Pakistan diaspora.
Alongside Premier Cricket commitments, members of the umpire panel will likely be appointed to officiate in CA competitions, together with the Weber Girls’s Massive Bash League, Girls’s Nationwide Cricket League (WNCL), Toyota Second XI, CA Underage Nationwide Championships and Fourth Umpires within the KFC Massive Bash League.
Aside from these three umpires, 4 members from India and one from Sri Lankan household heritage had been additionally named within the CA Umpires panel for season 2023/24.
Eight South Asian members of STUP’s:
Dinusha Bandara (Sri Lanka), Syed Humayun (Pakistan), Sharad Patel (India), Daval Bhatt (India), Harsimran Singh (India), Muhammad Qureshi (Pakistan), Gaurav Bawa (India), Ahmad Khan (Pakistan).
Moreover, six ladies have additionally been included within the panel (Claire Polosak, Eloise Sheridan, Clare Haysom, Lisa McCabe, Ashlee Gibbons and Kate Holloman). Haysom and Holloman have been named on the panel for the primary time.
CA congratulates all match officers on their respective appointments.