Pakistan Cricket Board(PCB) have announced the match officials for the upcoming England test series featuring Sri Lanka’s Kumar Dharmasena and Bangladesh’s Sharfuddoula Saikat.
As per the PAK vs ENG 2024 Schedule, the first match of the series will be played between October 7 and 11 in Multan while the second test will be played between October 15 and 17 in Multan. The third and final test will be played between October 24 and 28 in Rawalpindi.
The three-match test series will form part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. In September 2024, PCB announced that the second test of the series would be played in the same venue as the first test due to ongoing renovation work at the National Stadium, Karachi in preparation for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.
Ahead of the series start, Josh Hull was ruled with a quad injury while PCB announced that Zahid Mahmood would join the Pakistan squad in training and also confirmed that it would be reduced in size to 15 players before the first Test.
Match Officials for England Test Series
Kumar Dharmasena will be the on-field umpire for the first two matches and he will be the third umpire for the final game.
- PAK vs ENG 1st Test – October 7-11
- On-field Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena, Sharfuddoula Saikat
- Third Umpire: Christopher Gaffaney
- Fourth Umpire: Asif Yaqoob
- PAK vs ENG 2nd Test – October 15-19
- On-field Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena, Christopher Gaffaney
- Third Umpire: Sharfuddoula Saikat
- Fourth Umpire: Rashid Riaz
- PAK vs ENG 3rd Test – October 24-28
- On-field Umpires: Christopher Gaffaney, Sharfuddoula Saikat
- Third Umpire: Kumar Dharmasena
- Fourth Umpire: Faisal Aafreedi
