ICC Announces Officials for ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2010

Dubai: The ICC has announced the match officials for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2010 which takes place in the United Arab Emirates from 9 to 13 February, 2010.

David Jukes and Ishtiaq Ahmed will be the referees for the tournament, while the on-field umpire responsibilities will be shared between Aleem Dar (ICC Panel Umpires) and Buddhi Pradhan, Sarika Prasad, Jeff Luck, Paul Baldwin and Subhash Modi of the ICC Associate and Affiliate International Umpires' Panel.

Aleem, who was named Umpire of the Year at the LG ICC Awards 2009, will be performing the mentor's role during the tournament which will provide an excellent opportunity to the Associate and Affiliate panel umpires to learn from his experience in a tournament environment. This is part of the ICC's ongoing commitment to developing international-standards match officials.

The ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier involves two groups of four teams with Ireland, Scotland, Afghanistan and the USA making up Group A while Kenya, the Netherlands, Canada and the UAE will fight it out for supremacy of Group B.

The two finalists will win the right to play in the ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010 which runs from 30 April to 16 May in Barbados, St Lucia and Guyana. The winner of the qualifier will join South Africa and India in Group C, while the losing finalist will be added to Group D which includes the West Indies and England.

Schedule of warm-up matches

• Feb 07 - Ireland v Canada (1000-1300), Sharjah, ECB appointments
• Feb 07 - Scotland v Kenya (1000-1300), Abu Dhabi, ECB appointments
• Feb 07 - Afghanistan v Sharjah XI (1400-1700), Sharjah, ECB appointments
• Feb 07 - USA v UAE (1400-1700), Abu Dhabi, ECB appointments

On-field appointments for the group stage and Super Four stage:

Group stage

• Feb 09 - Scotland v USA (1000-1300), Abu Dhabi - Sarika Prasad and Paul Baldwin, Jeff Luck (third)
• Feb 09 - Ireland v Afghanistan (1200-1500), Dubai - Buddhi Pradhan and Subhash Modi, Aleem Dar (third)
• Feb 09 - Kenya v UAE (1400-1700), Abu Dhabi - Paul Baldwin and Jeff Luck, Sarika Prasad (third)
• Feb 09 - Netherlands v Canada (1600-1900), Dubai - Buddhi Pradhan and Aleem Dar, Subhash Modi (third)
• Feb 10 - Afghanistan v Scotland (1000-1300), Abu Dhabi - Buddhi Pradhan and Jeff Luck, Paul Baldwin (third)
• Feb 10 - Canada v Kenya (1200-1500), Dubai - Subhash Modi and Sarika Prasad, Aleem Dar (third)
• Feb 10 - USA v Ireland (1400-1700), Abu Dhabi - Paul Baldwin and Jeff Luck, Buddhi Pradhan (third)
• Feb 10 - UAE v Netherlands (1600-1900), Dubai - Aleem Dar and Sarika Prasad, Subhash Modi (third)
• Feb 11 - UAE v Canada (1000-1300), Abu Dhabi - Sarika Prasad and Subhash Modi, Buddhi Pradhan (third)
• Feb 11 - Afghanistan v USA (1200-1500), Dubai - Jeff Luck and Paul Baldwin, Aleem Dar (third)
• Feb 11 - Netherlands v Kenya (1400-1700), Abu Dhabi - Buddhi Pradhan and Subhash Modi, Sarika Prasad (third)
• Feb 11 - Ireland v Scotland (1600-1900), Dubai - Aleem Dar and Paul Baldwin, Jeff Luck (third)

Super Fours

• Feb 12 - A1 v B2 (1200-1500), Dubai, Buddhi Pradhan and Sarika Prasad, Jeff Luck (third)
• Feb 12 - B1 v A2 (1600-1900), Dubai, Aleem Dar and Subhash Modi, Paul Baldwin (third)
• Feb 13 - B1 v A1 (1200-1600), Dubai, Buddhi Pradhan, Paul Baldwin, Sarika Prasad (third)
• Feb 13 - B2 v A2 (1600-1900), Dubai, Aleem Dar and Jeff Luck, Subhash Modi (third)
• Feb 13 - Final (2000-2300), Dubai