PSL 2024 Umpires & Match Referees List: Who Will Officiate Pakistan Super League Season 9 Matches?

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the match officials for the upcoming ninth edition of the Pakistan Super League - HBL PSL 2024, scheduled to be held from February 17 to March 18.

A total of 14 matches will be played across four venues, starting from February 17 to 27 across Lahore and Multan, while Karachi and Rawalpindi will stage 16 matches from February 28 to March 12 with the playoffs also scheduled to take place in Karachi from March 14 to 18.

Six teams - Multan Sultans, Peshawar Zalmi, Quetta Gladiators, Lahore Qalandars, Karachi Kings and Islamabad United - will battle for the title, starting with the league stage, where each team will face the remaining teams twice with the top four entering the playoffs.

While the umpires and match referees have been revealed for the league phase, the match officials for the PSL 9 Playoffs - Qualifier, two eliminators and the final, will be announced in due course.

Four members of the ICC's elite panel of umpires, including the ICC Umpire of the Year Richard Illingworth, will officiate during the upcoming season of PSL alongside veteran Aleem Dar and some PCB elite panel umpires. Here is a look at the umpires for PSL 2024:

PSL 2024 Umpires List - Pakistan Super League Season 9 match officials

1. Richard Illingworth (England)
2. Chris Gaffney (New Zealand)
3. Ahsan Raza (Pakistan)
4. Michael Gough (England)
5. Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
6. Abdul Moqeet (Pakistan)
7. Tariq Rasheed (Pakistan)
8. Shozab Raza (Pakistan)
9. Rashid Riaz (Pakistan)
10. Faisal Afridi (Pakistan)
11. Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka)
12. Asif Yaqoob (Pakistan)
13. Alex Wharf (England)
14. Nasir Hussain (Pakistan)
15. Imran Jawed (Pakistan)
16. Muhammad Asif (Pakistan)

Among the foreign umpires, Illingworth, who has previously officiated in six editions of the league, has served as an umpire in 48 matches in HBL PSL. And he is ready for his seventh season of PSL.

England's Gough, who has appeared in four editions previously, has officiated 34 matches, followed by Wharf (11 matches) and Sri Lanka's Palliyaguruge (three matches).

New Zealand's Gaffaney will make his league debut, officiating his first match between Multan Sultans and Karachi Kings at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan on 18 February.

Meanwhile, there will be three match referees during the upcoming PSL season, including Roshan Mahanama, who has officiated 97 HBL PSL matches and is also a former member of the ICC's elite panel of match referees.

Mahanama, a former Sri Lankan cricketer, will be in his ninth successive year and will lead a team of three match referees with other members being Ali Naqvi and Muhammad Javed.

PSL 2024 Match Referees List

1. Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
2. Ali Naqvi (Pakistan)
3. Muhammad Javed (Pakistan)