ISLAMABAD -Pakistan’s elite umpire Aleem Dar makes history in the World ofCricket.
Pakistan’s Aleem Dar on Thursday broke the world record of officiating inmost Test matches, surpassing West Indies great Steve Bucknor’s previousrecord of 128.
Dar achieved the feat by standing in the 1st Test between Australia and NewZealand in Perth — the 129th Test match of his career.
The 51-year-old was a first-class cricketer before taking up a career inumpiring. He started his international career in in 2000 during Pakistan’shome series against Sri Lanka.
Since then he has officiated in 207 ODIs and is only two shy of the worldrecord of 209 matches in that format, currently held by Rudi Koertzen ofSouth Africa.
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Dar, though an all-time great umpire, was criticised for his decisionsduring the Ashes earlier this year.
Even on his big day today, his decision to adjudge Australia’s Joe Burnsour lbw proved incorrect as DRS later showed that Colin de Grandhomme’sinswinger was on his way to missing Burns’ leg stump.
