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Zameer Haider Syed

ضميرحيدر

Personal information
Full name	Zameer Haider Syed
Born	(1962-09-30) 30 September 1962 (age 62) Lahore, Pakistan
Nickname	Zimi
Umpiring information
ODIs umpired	15 (2006–2012)
T20Is umpired	12 (2008–2013)
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 November 2011

Zameer Haider (Urdu: ضميرحيدر; born 30 September 1962, Lahore) is a former international cricket umpire from Pakistan. He also played first-class cricket during the 1980s. An occasion wicket-keeper, Haider was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler.

Background and education

Haider comes from a family of athletes. His father, Syed Khadim Hussain, played hockey for Pakistan Railways. Haider studied at Government Mian Iqbal Hussain High School, Garhi Shahu, Lahore, and completed his matriculation in 1976. He graduated from Islamia College at a time when champion fast bowler Wasim Akram and future fellow umpire Aleem Dar were also studying there.

International umpiring career

Haider started his domestic cricket umpiring career in 1998 for Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). He made his debut as an international umpire in 2006, when he supervised a match between Pakistan and West Indies at Multan Cricket Stadium. He stood in his first Twenty20 International in 2008 in a match between Pakistan and Bangladesh at National Stadium, Karachi. He got a contract from PCB along with Ahsan Raza and Shozab Raza in 2012.

See also

• List of One Day International cricket umpires
• List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires

References

1. Zameer Haider's debut as an International Umpire ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved 20 November 2011
2. Zameer Haider's T20I debut as an Umpire ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved 20 November 2011
3. Three umpires get PCB contracts ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved 25 February 2012

External links

• Zameer Haider at ESPNcricinfo

v t e ICC International Panel of Umpires
Afghanistan	Men ASK Durrani AS Pakteen BJ Shinwari Izatullah Safi
Australia	Men DM Koch PJ Gillespie SJ Nogajski SAJ Craig Women A Gibbons CA Polosak E Sheridan L McCabe
Bangladesh	Men GA Sohel Masudur Rahman Morshed Ali Khan Tanvir Ahmed Women Champa Chakma D Rani Rokeya Sultana Shathira Jakir
England	Men AG Wharf MJ Saggers M Burns RJ Warren Women AY Harris S Redfern
India	Men Jayaraman Madanagopal KN Ananthapadmanabhan Rohan Pandit VK Sharma Women Gayathri Venugopalan N Janani VG Rathi
Ireland	Men A Seaver J Kennedy M Hawthorne R Black
New Zealand	Men CM Brown CA Black SB Haig WR Knights Women KD Cotton
Pakistan	Men AS Dar FK Afridi Asif Yaqoob Rashid Riaz Women Saleema Imtiaz
South Africa	Men A Paleker A Jacobs LB Gcuma SD Harris Women K Klaaste L Agenbag
Sri Lanka	Men LE Hannibal RMPJ Rambukwella RR Wimalasiri RSA Palliyaguruge Women LDVV Silva TPLND Perera
West Indies	Men DK Butler GO Brathwaite LSA Reifer Z Bassarath Women C la Borde JM Williams M Abbott
Zimbabwe	Men F Mutizwa I Chabi L Rusere P Sizara Women S Dambanevana

• 1962 births
• Living people
• Pakistani cricket umpires
• Pakistani One Day International cricket umpires
• Pakistani Twenty20 International cricket umpires
• Cricketers from Lahore
• Government Islamia College alumni