Aleem Sarwar Dar was born on June 6, 1968 in Jhang, Punjab, Pakistan, is a retired Pakistani first-class cricketer and a member of the ICC Elite umpire panel. Aleem Dar and Simon Taufel are the only umpires to have received the Umpire of the Year award since its inception. He has played for Allied Bank, Gujranwala Cricket Association, Lahore, and Pakistan Railways as a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler. Since his retirement as a player, he has gained prominence as one of the leading umpires in international cricket. He was educated at Islamia College, Civil Lines, Lahore.
Dar is best known as an international cricket umpire. He made his international umpiring debut in an ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Gujranwala on February 16, 2000. In 2002 he became a member of ICC's International Panel of umpires. He impressed the ICC with his accurate decision making, and was chosen to umpire at the ICC Cricket World Cup in early 2003, where he was one of the better-performing umpires. His high standard was again rewarded when he was appointed to stand in his first Test match in October 2003; the match between Bangladesh and England at Dhaka. Over the next six months he was appointed to stand in several more Test matches, and as a neutral umpire in ODI matches away from Pakistan.
In April 2004, he became the first Pakistani to be part of the ICC Elite Umpire Panel. Since then he has been regarded as one of the top umpires. On 17 October 2007 Dar umpired in his 100th ODI (between India and Australia at Mumbai), making him the tenth umpire in the history of cricket to reach that landmark. He reached the landmark in a record time, taking just seven years, and became the first Pakistani to officiate in a century of One Day Internationals.
He was nominated twice for Umpire of the Year award in 2005 and 2006 but finally he won the award in October 2009, at the annual ICC awards ceremony in Johannesburg, South Africa. In October 2010, he won the award for a second straight year. On August 14, 2010, the Government of Pakistan honoured him with the President’s Award for Pride of Performance.
Dar proved his accuracy yet again in 2011 Cricket World Cup when All the 15 Umpire Decision Review System appeals against him were struck down.
Image of Aleem Dar with Muralitharan
Image of Aleem Dar
Image of Aleem Dar with his award
Image of Aleem Dar
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