Bangladesh will also have a representation in the series. Sharafuddoula Ibne Shahid Saikat, the Bangladeshi umpire from the ICC Elite Panel, has been named among the officials.
The series will begin with the first Test at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium on October 12. Australia’s experienced ICC Elite Panel umpire Rodney Tucker and New Zealand’s Christopher Brown will stand on-field, while Sri Lanka’s Ranjan Madugalle will serve as the match referee.
Saikat will be the third umpire, and Pakistan’s Faisal Khan Afridi will act as the fourth umpire.
The second Test begins on October 20 at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. This time, Brown and Saikat will officiate on-field, with Tucker as the TV umpire and Pakistan’s Rashid Riaz as the fourth umpire.
For the T20I series, to be held on October 28, 31 and November 1, the on-field umpires will be Pakistan’s Mohammad Asif Yaqoob, Rashid Riaz and Faisal Afridi, with Faisal Afridi, Asif Yaqoob and Tariq Rasheed rotating as TV and fourth umpires.
The ODI series begins on November 4 at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium. Saikat and Asif Yaqoob will stand on-field, with England’s Alex Wharf as TV umpire and Rashid Riaz as the fourth official.
In the second ODI on November 6, two Elite Panel umpires; Wharf and Pakistan’s Ahsan Raza will officiate together for the first time. Saikat will serve as the TV umpire and Riaz as fourth.
The final ODI will be played on November 8, where Saikat and Faisal Afridi will stand on-field, Wharf will be TV umpire, and Riaz will again serve as the fourth umpire.
PCB confirmed that Ranjan Madugalle will be the match referee throughout the series. Notably, the Pakistan-South Africa Test series will be part of the 2025–27 ICC World Test Championship cycle.
