Aleem Dar
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Full name | Aleem Sarwar Dar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Jhang, Punjab, Pakistan | 6 June 1968|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Umpire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997/98 | Multan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995/96 | Allied Bank Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987–1995 | Lahore City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986/87 | Pakistan Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 8 February 1987 Pakistan Railways v ADBP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 6 December 1997 Gujranwala v Bahawalpur | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 29 September 1986 Pakistan Railways v United Bank Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last List A | 23 March 1998 Gujranwala v Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tests umpired | 111 (2003–2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODIs umpired | 185 (2000–2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20Is umpired | 41 (2009–2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 11 June 2017 |
Aleem Sarwar Dar (born 6 June 1968) is a Pakistani cricket umpire and a member of the ICC Elite umpire panel. He won three consecutive ICC Umpire of the Year awards 2009, 2010 and 2011, after being nominated twice in 2005 and 2006. Aleem Dar, Marais Erasmus, Richard Kettleborough, Kumar Dharmasena and Simon Taufel were the only umpires to have received the award from its inception until 2016. Before becoming an umpire, he played first-class cricket for Allied Bank, Gujranwala Cricket Association, Lahore and Pakistan Railways as a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler. Since his retirement as a player, he has gained prominence as one of the leading umpires in international cricket. He was educated at Islamia College, Civil Lines, Lahore. He has set a world record by officiating a total of 322 matches, making him the most experienced international umpire.[1]
Umpiring career
Dar is best known as an international cricket umpire.[2] He made his international umpiring debut in an ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Gujranwala on 16 February 2000. In 2002 he became a member of ICC's International Panel of umpires. He was chosen to umpire at the ICC Cricket World Cup in early 2003. He was appointed to stand in his first Test match in October 2003; the match between Bangladesh and England at Dhaka. Over the next six months he was appointed to stand in several more Test matches, and as a neutral umpire in ODI matches away from Pakistan.
In April 2004, he became the first Pakistani to be part of the ICC Elite Umpire Panel.[3] He was nominated for the ICC Umpire of the year Award in 2005 and 2006, beaten on both occasions by the Australian Simon Taufel. On 17 October 2007 Dar umpired in his 100th ODI (between India and Australia at Mumbai), making him the tenth umpire in the history of cricket to reach that landmark. He reached the landmark in a record time, taking just seven years, and became the first Pakistani to officiate in a century of One Day Internationals.[4]
Dar has stood in a solitary India-Pakistan ODI match at Karachi 2006 and five Ashes Test matches. He was also one of the on-field umpires for the final of the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, standing alongside Rudi Koertzen. He was appoined to stand in the final of the 2007 Cricket World Cup between Australia and Sri Lanka, where he officiated with Steve Bucknor. Dar was also selected to stand in the final of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 between Australia and England. He has never umpired a Test match in Pakistan, because his appointment in the international panel came after the introduction of neutral umpires for Test matches.
In January 2005, Dar and his colleague Steve Bucknor, received death threats during a Test match between England and South Africa at Centurion.[5] He was also involved in a controversy during the 2007 Cricket World Cup final where he, along with fellow officials Bucknor, Koertzen, Bowden and Crowe incorrectly made Australia bowl three unnecessary overs in near darkness. Consequently, the ICC decided to suspend him, along with the other four officials, from duty for the next ICC event, which was the 2007 World Twenty20 Championship.[6]
Dar proved his accuracy at the 2011 Cricket World Cup when all the 15 Umpire Decision Review System appeals against him were struck down.[7][8]
He was selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the 2015 Cricket World Cup.[9] During the second quarter final at Melbourne Cricket Ground between India and Bangladesh he called a no ball against Rubel Hossain after Rohit Sharma was caught, although replays showed that the ball was a legal delivery.[10][11]
Accolades
After being nominated twice in 2005 and 2006, Dar finally won the Umpire of the Year award in October 2009, at the annual ICC awards ceremony in Johannesburg, South Africa.[12] By claiming the award, Dar ended Simon Taufel's run of five successive awards. It was the first time that any umpire other than Taufel had picked up the accolade in the six years that the ceremony has taken place. In October 2010, he won the award for a second straight year.[13] In September 2011, he was named best umpire for the third consecutive year.[14] On 14 August 2010, the Government of Pakistan honoured him with the President's Award for Pride of Performance.[15] He was honoured by ICC for officiating in 150 ODIs.[16][17]
Awards
Umpiring statistics
As of 11 June 2016:
Form of Cricket | Total |
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Tests | 111 |
ODIs | 185 |
T20s | 41 |
See also
- List of Test cricket umpires
- List of One Day International cricket umpires
- List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires
References
- ^ https://www.samaa.tv/sports/2017/01/aleem-dar-breaks-record-for-officiating-most-international-matches/.
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(help) - ^ "ICC announces match officials for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015". ICC Cricket. 2 December 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Mallender and Aleem Dar to join the elite". Cricinfo. 6 February 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ "Aleem Dar becomes 10th umpire to stand in 100 ODIs". Cricket Archive. 25 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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- ^ "World Cup officials banned by ICC". ESPN Cricinfo. 22 June 2007. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "Dar hails the use of technology". Tribune. 6 April 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "10 Best Cricket Umpires of All Time in History". Sporteology. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "ICC announces match officials for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015". ICC Cricket. 2 December 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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- ^ "ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: Two umpiring decisions might cost Bangladesh the quarter-final vs India". Cricketcountry. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ "Aleem Dar wins ICC Umpire-of-the-Year Award". The Nation. 3 October 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Aleem Dar named Umpire of the Year Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ Dar named best umpire for the third consecutive year Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ "ICC Umpire Aleem Dar launches aid campaign for flood victims". Geo.tv. 15 August 2010. Archived from the original on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
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Pakistan's Aleem Dar has been honoured by the International Cricket Council for becoming only the seventh umpire to officiate in 150 ODIs
- ^ "Aleem Dar honoured for officiating in 150 ODIs | The Asian Age". asianage.com. 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
Elite Panel umpire Aleem Dar has been honoured by the ICC for becoming only the seventh man to officiate in 150 ODIs
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External links
- Aleem Dar at ESPNcricinfo
- Aleem Dar at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Use dmy dates from January 2013
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Allied Bank Limited cricketers
- Pakistani Test cricket umpires
- Pakistani One Day International cricket umpires
- Pakistani Twenty20 International cricket umpires
- Recipients of the Pride of Performance
- Lahore City cricketers
- Gujranwala cricketers
- Pakistan Railways cricketers