No ICC Umpires and Officials for the Pakistan-Zimbabwe series

No ICC Umpires and Officials for the Pakistan-Zimbabwe series: If the uncertainty from the visitors was not enough to demoralize Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) dream of hosting a series in Pakistan to show that they have enough backing and security to safely play cricket at home, it has received a bigger jolt with the International Cricket Council (ICC) opting to appoint no match officials for the upcoming series.

Since it believes that the security and conditions are not yet good enough to send in their officials to conduct the proceedings of the game, the ICC Board in its meeting decided to allow PCB to designate its own local umpires and match referees for the series.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today advised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) that it will not be appointing its match officials for the upcoming series between Pakistan and Zimbabwe. The ICC’s decision has been made after receiving a report from its security consultant.

The ICC Board, during its April meeting, had decided that the playing conditions relating to the appointment of match officials could be waived to allow the PCB to appoint local match officials for this series should the ICC decide not to send its umpires and referee due to the current security situation in Pakistan.

If this was to occur, the matches would still be considered “official cricket”, even though they will not be played strictly in accordance with the ICC standard playing conditions.

The umpire and referee appointments will be announced by the PCB shortly.