Umpires Mark Benson, Billy Bowden and Aleem Dar will stand in the
upcoming cricket matches in Ireland which will also see India and South
Africa in action.
Australian Alan Hurst has been appointed match referee for the matches to be played
between June 23 and July 1.
India's match against Ireland at Stormont will have Englishman Mark Benson
and New Zealander Billy Bowden as on-field umpires with Pakistan's Aleem Dar
as the third umpire.
Benson and Dar will stand in the India-South Africa matches on June 26 and
July 1, while Bowden will stand with Benson when Rahul Dravid's team clashes
with the Proteas on June 29.
The India-Pakistan one-dayer, scheduled for July 3 in Glasgow,
will be officiated by Benson and South African Ian Gould. Sri Lankan Roshan
Mahanama will be the match referee.
Meanwhile, India's Suresh Shastri will stand in the first and
third Tests between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to be held in Colombo and
Kandy respectively. The series will have Jeff Crowe of New Zealand as match
referee.
Shastri will stand with Pakistan's Asad Rauf in the first Test from June 25
to 29 and with South African Rudi Koertzen in the third from July 11 to 15.
The second Test in Colombo from July 3 to 7 will see Koertzen and Rauf as umpires.
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