Pakistan all-rounder Faheem Ashraf has made a startling revelation on the sidelines of the Champions Cup, saying that friendship with umpires saves players in domestic cricket.

Talking about the umpiring standards, Faheem, who is representing Dolphins in the Champions Cup, claimed that there are no good umpires left in Pakistan's domestic circuit.

"All the good umpires in Pakistan are gone (umpiring at higher level) from domestic cricket," he replied to a question related to the poor standard of umpiring in the ongoing one-day tournament in the country.

"Umpiring in domestic cricket is also like this (poor) but because there is no TV coverage, no one has the idea...Now (with the Champions Cup) everyone knows at what level umpiring is in Pakistan. Good or bad, everyone knows now...Those who are appointing them have to see now who should be umpiring at what level," he added.

Faheem Ashraf also alleged that favours are exchanged between players and umpires in domestic cricket.

"In domestic cricket, players are friends with umpires, so they get saved or umpires take their (phone) numbers. I am talking straight," he said.

"But there is no friendship here (in the Champions Cup) because everything is on the (TV) screen. Everybody is watching," the all-rounder further stated.

Faheem Ashraf has represented Pakistan in 17 Tests, 34 ODIs and 48 T20Is so far, picking up 87 wickets across formats. He also has more than 1000 international runs to his name, including four half-centuries.