Aleem Dar
Aleem Sarwar Dar (Born: June 6 1968, Jhang, Punjab) was a Pakistani cricketer and is currently an international umpire. He played domestic cricket for Allied Bank, Gujranwala Cricket Association, Lahore, and Railways (Pakistan) as a right-handed batsmen and legbreak bowler.
However, Aleem Dar is best known as an international cricket umpire. He made his international debut in an ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Gujranwala on February 16th 2000. His first Test match was between Bangladesh and England at Dhaka in October 2003. Dar was on the Emirates International Panel of ICC umpires from 2002 to 2004. In 2004 he was rewarded for his consistently outstanding performances in international matches with promotion to the Emirates ICC Elite umpire panel. Since this time he has been regarded as one of the best international umpires, and in October 2005 he was ranked the 2nd best in the world, just behind fellow elite umpire Simon Taufel.
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