ICC confirms match officials for Rawalpindi Test

Former West Indian cricketer Richie Richardson is set to return to Pakistan as a match referee, to officiate the ICC World Test Championship fixture between Pakistan and Bangladesh, which commences on Friday (February 7), in Rawalpindi as the ICC confirmed the match officials' appointments.

Richardson's Playing Control Team includes Nigel LIong and Chris Gaffaney as on-field umpires, Marais Erasmus as TV umpire and Shozab Raza as the fourth umpire.

Richardson last toured Pakistan in September 2017 for the three ICC World XI T20Is at Lahore - which was also his first visit to the country as a match official.

The former West Indian cricketer toured Pakistan six times as a player and featured in six Tests and 21 ODIs between 1985 and 1996.

This is the first instance that Gaffaney and Erasmus will tour Pakistan, while Llong, who has officiate six ODIs across Karachi (3), Lahore (2), and Multan (1), will return after more than a decade. He last stood as an on-field umpire in Pakistan during the ODI series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in January 2009.

The first Test of the two-match series will be played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium from 7th-11th February.

Moreover, cricket fans will be treated with top-quality broadcast coverage for the Rawalpindi Test between Pakistan and Bangladesh.

The broadcast coverage will done by Ten Sports, the PCB's broadcast partner, through 23 High Definition cameras which will include two super slow spin vision cameras and one ultra-high speed camera.

The production will also include the Decision Review System, Hawkeye ball-tracking and ultra-motion and stump cameras.

Renowned commentators Ramiz Raja, Bazid Khan, Athar Ali Khan, Shamim Chaudhary and Danny Morrison will bring the action to life and before and after each day's play the fans will be served an exciting mix of analysis and entertainment through Straight Drive, a hugely popular show.

Along this, the match will also be live-streamed in subcontinent through sonyliv.com (website and mobile app).