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Dar and Doctrove to stand in Ashes opener
Pakistan's Aleem Dar and Billy Doctrove of the West Indies will be the on-field umpires for the first Ashes Test between England and Australia.
- Agence France-Presse
- Updated: June 30, 2009 01:59 PM IST
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Pakistan's Aleem Dar and Billy Doctrove of the West Indies will be the on-field umpires for the first Ashes Test between England and Australia, starting at Cardiff on July 8, it was announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday.
Officiating for the series will rotate through a group of cricket's top umpires with Doctrove being joined by South Africa's Rudi Koertzen for the second Test at Lord's.
Koertzen and Dar will stand in the third Test at Edgbaston, starting on July 30.
Meanwhile New Zealand's Billy Bowden and Pakistan's Asad Rauf will be the men in the middle for the fourth and fifth Tests at Headingley and the Oval.
Former New Zealand batsman Jeff Crowe will be the match referee for the first three Tests with Sri Lanka's Ranjan Madugalle overseeing the final two matches of the series.
Third umpires for the Tests, who are set to be drawn from the ranks of English officials, will be announced in due course.
ICC protocols on neutrality mean the likes of Australia's Simon Taufel, who for the past five years has been voted the global governing body's Umpire of the Year, are currently barred from being a standing umpire in Ashes Tests.
Ashes Test series officials
July 08-12, 1st Test, Cardiff
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIS) and Aleem Dar (PAK)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)
July 16-20: 2nd Test, Lord's
Umpires: Doctrove and Rudi Koertzen (RSA)
Match referee: Crowe
July 30-August 03: 3rd Test, Edgbaston
Umpires: Koertzen and Dar
Match referee: Crowe
August 07-11: 4th Test, Headingley
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Asad Rauf (PAK)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)
August 20-24: 5th Test, The Oval
Umpires: Bowden and Rauf
Match referee: Madugalle
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Officiating for the series will rotate through a group of cricket's top umpires with Doctrove being joined by South Africa's Rudi Koertzen for the second Test at Lord's.
Koertzen and Dar will stand in the third Test at Edgbaston, starting on July 30.
Meanwhile New Zealand's Billy Bowden and Pakistan's Asad Rauf will be the men in the middle for the fourth and fifth Tests at Headingley and the Oval.
Former New Zealand batsman Jeff Crowe will be the match referee for the first three Tests with Sri Lanka's Ranjan Madugalle overseeing the final two matches of the series.
Third umpires for the Tests, who are set to be drawn from the ranks of English officials, will be announced in due course.
ICC protocols on neutrality mean the likes of Australia's Simon Taufel, who for the past five years has been voted the global governing body's Umpire of the Year, are currently barred from being a standing umpire in Ashes Tests.
Ashes Test series officials
July 08-12, 1st Test, Cardiff
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIS) and Aleem Dar (PAK)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)
July 16-20: 2nd Test, Lord's
Umpires: Doctrove and Rudi Koertzen (RSA)
Match referee: Crowe
July 30-August 03: 3rd Test, Edgbaston
Umpires: Koertzen and Dar
Match referee: Crowe
August 07-11: 4th Test, Headingley
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Asad Rauf (PAK)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)
August 20-24: 5th Test, The Oval
Umpires: Bowden and Rauf
Match referee: Madugalle
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