Aleem Dar
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| Full name | Aleem Sarwar Dar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
6 June 1968 Jhang, Punjab, Pakistan |
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm leg spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Umpire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997/98 | Multan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995/96 | Allied Bank Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1995 | Lahore City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986/87 | Pakistan Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 8 February 1987 Pakistan Railways v ADBP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 6 December 1997 Gujranwala v Bahawalpur | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 29 September 1986 Pakistan Railways v United Bank Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last List A | 23 March 1998 Gujranwala v Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tests umpired | 109 (2003–2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODIs umpired | 182 (2000–2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20Is umpired | 41 (2009–2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aleem Sarwar Dar (born 6 June 1968) is a Pakistani cricket umpire and a member of the ICC Elite umpire panel. He won three consecutive ICC Umpire of the Year awards 2009, 2010 and 2011, after being nominated twice in 2005 and 2006. Aleem Dar, Richard Kettleborough, Kumar Dharmasena and Simon Taufel were the only umpires to have received the award from its inception until 2015. Before becoming an umpire, he played first-class cricket for Allied Bank, Gujranwala Cricket Association, Lahore and Pakistan Railways as a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler. Since his retirement as a player, he has gained prominence as one of the leading umpires in international cricket. He was educated at Islamia College, Civil Lines, Lahore. He has set a world record by officiating a total of 322 matches, making him the most experienced international umpire.
Dar is best known as an international cricket umpire. He made his international umpiring debut in an ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Gujranwala on 16 February 2000. In 2002 he became a member of ICC's International Panel of umpires. He was chosen to umpire at the ICC Cricket World Cup in early 2003. He was appointed to stand in his first Test match in October 2003; the match between Bangladesh and England at Dhaka. Over the next six months he was appointed to stand in several more Test matches, and as a neutral umpire in ODI matches away from Pakistan.
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