LAHORE – Pakistan’s umpire Aleem Dar was named ICC Umpire of the Year at the LG ICC Awards in Johannesburg tonight. Dar, who is 41 and from Pakistan, was voted to this award by the 10 Full Member captains as well as the eight-man Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, based on his decision statistics over the last 12 months. “I am very pleased to get this award,” Dar sid. “Thanks to the PCB and ICC, as well as my friends and family and of course my wife, who I have to leave for long periods of time. “Normally I am quite calm and so the pressure is not big for me. It is important to stay cool and if you make a mistake you can’t let it get to you. You have to concentrate all the time.” Dar, who made his international debut as an umpire in 2000, joined the Elite Panel in 2004. He beat strong competition from his colleagues Asad Rauf, Tony Hill and five-time ICC Umpire of the Year Simon Taufel. In the voting period of these awards, Dar stood in seven Tests and eight ODIs, as well as the World Twenty20 in England. It is the first time he has received an ICC award and upon collecting the trophy from ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat, Dar said: “I am very pleased to get this award. Thanks to PCB and ICC as well as my friends and family and of course my wife, who I have to leave for long periods of time. “Normally I am quite calm and so the pressure is not big for me. It is important to stay cool and if you make a mistake you can’t let it get to you. You have to concentrate all the time.”
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