Cricket South
Africa congratulated Allahudien Paleker on
Friday on his promotion to the ICC International Panel of Umpires with
immediate effect.
He is the fifth South African umpire currently serving on
one of the ICC panels with Marais Erasmus, who was voted ICC Umpire of the Year
last year, serving on the ICC Elite Panel, and Shaun George, Adrian Holdstock
and Bongani Jele already serving on the ICC International Panel.
At the age of 39, he follows the 31-year-old Jele in an
encouraging trend of young umpires coming through the system.
“Congratulations to Allahudien on his well-deserved
promotion,” CSA acting chief executive Thabang Moroe said. “This is further
confirmation of the high regard there is for our match officials.
“Umpires are central to the game of cricket, and we are
fortunate to have an extremely competent group of match officials.
“We will continue to create opportunities for them to
develop through our exchange programmes with Australia,
India and New Zealand.
“This programme enabled Allahudien to stand in first-class matches in all three
those countries, and contributed significantly to his development as a match
official.”
Paleker and Holdstock will be standing together in Friday
night’s RamSlam T20 Challenge match at the Wanderers between the Highveld Lions
and Cape Cobras.
To date, Paleker has officiated in 68 first-class matches,
50 limited-overs matches and 47 T20 matches.
In addition, He played in 16 first-class matches for Western
Province B and Northerns.
Cricket South
Africa