Aleem Dar broke the record of most Test matches as an umpire while officiating this match.
After New Zealand’s Lockie Ferguson on Day 1 and Australia’s Josh Hazlewood on Day 2, it was Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar who got injured on the third day of the ongoing Australia versus New Zealand Test match at Perth.
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The incident took place in fast bowler Tim Southee’s over. Marnus Labuschagne struck the ball back to the bowler, who saw that Joe Burns was attempting a quick single and was out of his crease.
Southee took a shy at the stumps, and Mitchell Santner rushed back across to back-up the throw. While trying to catch hold of the ball, Santner ran into Aleem Dar and knocked him off his feet to the ground.
Here is the video of this incident:
Day one: Injury to Lochie Ferguson (NZ)
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Day two: Injury to Josh Hazlewood (AUS)
Day three: Injury to Aleem Dar (ICC) ????@bet365_aus | #AUSvNZ pic.twitter.com/grK4pumMz8
The Pakistani umpire who is also a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, recently broke Steve Bucknor’s record of most Test matches as an umpire while officiating this match. This is his 129th Test match as on-field umpire after making his debut in Dhaka in 2003 during England’s tour of Bangladesh.
(With inputs from Hindustan Times)