Asad Rauf

Asad Rauf
اسدرؤف

Personal information
Full name	Asad Rauf
Born	12 May 1956 (1956-05-12) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm off-spin
Role	Batsman, umpire
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1983 – 1991	National Bank of Pakistan
1983/84	Lahore
1981 – 1983	Pakistan Railways
1977/78	Pakistan Universities
First-class debut	4 November 1977 Pakistan Universities v Habib Bank Ltd
Last First-class	28 October 1990 National Bank of Pakistan v Pakistan National Shipping Corporation
List A debut	17 March 1981 Pakistan Railways v House Building Finance Corporation
Last List A	2 October 1991 National Bank of Pakistan v Pakistan National Shipping Corporation
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	29 (2005–present)
ODIs umpired	72 (2000–present)
T20Is umpired	13 (2007–present)
Career statistics
Competition	FC	LA
Matches	71	40
Runs scored	3423	611
Batting average	28.76	19.70
100s/50s	3/22	0/4
Top score	130	66
Balls bowled	722	478
Wickets	3	9
Bowling average	149.33	42.22
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	1/3	2/18
Catches/stumpings	29/–	16/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 June 2010

Asad Rauf, (Urdu, Punjabi: اسدرؤف, born 12 May 1956) in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, was a first class cricketer and is now a member of the Emirates ICC Elite Umpire Panel.

Playing Days

His career as a first-class cricket player lasted from 1977/78 to 1991/92. His most successful season was 1986/87 when he made 672 first-class runs at an average of 35.36 including one century and five fifties, but he fell into poor form after this.

Umpiring career

Rauf became a first-class umpire in 1998. By February 2000 the Pakistan Cricket Board appointed him to his first One Day International (ODI), the match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Gujranwala, Pakistan, on 16 February 2000. In 2004, with the promotion of Aleem Dar to the ICC Elite Umpire Panel, Rauf was included in the International Panel of Umpires for the first time. In January 2005 the ICC appointed him to his first test match, the fixture between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe at Chittagong (MAA). In December 2005 stood in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG between Australia and South Africa. In April 2006 Rauf's umpiring was rewarded with a promotion to the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires.

International Umpiring Statistics

As of the 4 June 2010:

	First	Latest	Total
Tests	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Chittagong, Jan 2005	New Zealand v Australia at Hamilton, Mar 2010	39
ODIs	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Gujranwala, Feb 2000	England v Netherlands at Nagpur, Feb 2011 Cricket World Cup	90
T20Is	Australia v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Sep 2007	New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Providence, May 2010	17

See also

• Pakistan Test Cricket Umpires
• List of Test umpires

External links

• Player profile: Asad Rauf from ESPNcricinfo
• ICC Umpires and Referees