LAHORE: A four-day Match Referees Induction Course conducted by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) concluded at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, on Saturday afternoon as 46 aspirants participated in it.
The course began on Wednesday, 14 January with ICC Elite Panel Umpire Ahsan Raza and ICC International Panel Match Referee Ali Naqvi working as course instructors.
The participants received thorough lectures on the topics related to the role of match referee across the three formats of the game and they took part in various activities related to course in the first three days before appearing in examination on the last day.
The range of topics in the course included study of the playing conditions, understanding and application of the various clauses of code of conduct, drafting of the on-field and television umpire reports, venue assessment, pre-series/tournament meeting with players and fellow match officials, pitch report, study of bowling actions and Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.
