Rudi and Dar will officiate Lanka-Aussie Test series

Pakistan umpire Aleem Dar who recently completed officiating in 100 One-day Internationals and veteran South African Rudi Koertzen will stand in the two Tests between Sri Lanka and Australia starting on November 8 at Brisbane.

The second Test is scheduled to be played in Hobart from November 16-20. The match referee for the short Test series is former South African all-rounder Mike Procter.

On the completion of the series Sri Lanka will return home to face England in a three-Test series in December.

Koertzen again has been assigned to officiate in the first two Tests at Kandy (December 1-5) and at the SSC (December 9-13) with Paksitani Asad Rauf and Australian Daryl Harper respectively.

Harper and Rauf will officiate the third and final Test at Galle from December 18-22. The match referee for the series is former New Zealand captain Jeff Crowe.

Meanwhile, two former Sri Lanka cricketers Ranjan Madugalle and Roshan Mahanama are due to officiate as match referees in India against Pakistan.

Mahanama will oversee the five-match ODI series from November 5-18. Madugalle takes over for the three Tests from November 22-December 12. Incidentally during the series Madugalle will officiate in his 100th Test as match referee.