LAHORE :January 22, 2026: The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the match officials’ panel for three-match T20I series between Pakistan and Australia at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore from 29 January to 1 February. The games will start at 4pm PKT with the coin toss set to take place at 3.30pm PKT.
ICC International Panel Match Referee Ali Naqvi will lead the playing control team in all the three matches. The second game will be his 50th T20I as match referee as he officiated his first game in the format at the same venue in April 2023.
Ahsan Raza, member of the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires, will be one of the on-field umpires during the first two T20Is, while Asif Yaqoob of ICC Emerging Panel of Umpires and Rashid Riaz of the ICC International Panel of Umpires will join him on the field in the first and second T20Is, respectively.
Rashid, fourth umpire in first T20I, will join Nasir Hussain of ICC International Panel of Umpires in the third T20I to perform the on-field duties with PCB National Elite Panel of Umpires member Zulfiqar Jan being the fourth umpire.
Apart from being the fourth umpire in the second game, Nasir will begin the series as third umpire, while Asif and Tariq Rasheed of PCB National Elite Panel of Umpires will perform the third umpire duties in the second and third T20I, respectively.1st T20I – 29 January – Ahsan Raza and Asif Yaqoob – on-field umpires, Nasir Hussain – third umpire, Rashid Riaz – fourth umpire, Ali Naqvi – match referee. 2nd T20I – 31 January – Ahsan Raza and Rashid Riaz – on-field umpires, Asif Yaqoob – third umpire, Nasir Hussain fourth Umpire, Ali Naqvi – match referee. Third T20I – 1 February – Rashid Riaz and Nasir Hussain – on-field umpires, Tariq Rasheed – third umpire, Zulfiqar Jan – fourth umpire, Ali Naqvi – match referee.
