ACC Level-1 umpiring course concludes in Riyadh

RIYADH: A six-day ACC Level-1 umpiring course, hosted by Riyadh Cricket Association (RCA) and organized by Saudi Cricket Center (SCC) as part of its strategic developmental plan for this year under the auspicious of Asian Cricket Council (ACC), ended here successfully recently.
Twenty six umpires from Riyadh and Dammam attended the course.
Mahboob Shah, the former Pakistan Test umpire and the resource person of Asian Cricket Council (ACC) conducted the course. Shah had supervised 28 Test matches and 32 ODIs between 1975 and 1997. Currently, Mahboob Shah is a member of ACC’s Umpiring Educators’ Panel. Khaleel Kazi, umpiring educator for Saudi Arabia also assisted and coordinated during the course.
The 26 participating umpires, selected on the basis of the elementary courses conducted by the SCC earlier, were comprehensively trained during the session. The Laws of Cricket were thoroughly discussed to improve the knowledge and skills of umpires and the techniques of umpiring were imparted and explained. A Twenty20 match was also organized at the end of the course to practically judge the ability of the participating umpires.
Participants of the course included Nasir Mehmood Abbasi, Syed Khawar Abbas, Mohammed Akram, Qaiser Mahmood, Mahboob Ahmed, Farukh Ansari, Zahid Mahmood, Sajid Nawaz, Gulzar Ahmed, Arsalan Mushtaq, Syed Abdulaziz, Shaikh Shamsuddin, Mohammed Faraz, Asif Sheikh, Riaz Ahmed, Zakarya Hassan, Eisa Hatem, Samir Ahmed, Ishfaque Qureshi, Mobeen Ahmed, Mohammed Kaleem Khan, Tahir Karamat, Asif, Nadeem, Abdul Aleem and Umar.
RCA presented momentos to Mahboob Shah and Saudi Cricket Center.