Umpire Aleem Dar to quit next year after Pakistan domestic season
File photo of Pakistan Umpire Aleem Dar.
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Three-time world cricket umpire of the year Aleem Dar will step down in 2025 after the Pakistan domestic season.The 56-year-old Dar served on the ICC elite panel of umpires from 2003-23. He is on the Pakistan elite panel and is among four Pakistani umpires on the ICC international panel, making him eligible to officiate in one-day internationals and Twenty20s.“All great journeys must eventually come to an end, and the time has come for me to focus fully on my social and charity work,” Dar said on Friday (September 27, 2024). “My hospital project and other initiatives are very close to my heart and require my full devotion and attention.”Dar played 17 first-class matches and 18 List A games from 1986-98 before he made his first-cla...