Match officials for World T20 Qualifier

Dubai, Feb 19 (IBNS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday announced match officials for the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012 (WT20Q) which will take place from 13 to 24 March 2012.

The tournament will see 16 teams from across ICC's five regions competing for the remaining two places at the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 which will be staged from 18 September to 7 October in Colombo, Hambantota and Pallekele.

The winner of the UAE event will join Group B which includes Australia and West Indies while the runner-up will join defending champion England and former winner India in Group A.

The match officials for the event include five-time ICC Umpire of the Year, Simon Taufel, of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires. Taufel will be part of a team of 12 officials from a wide-range of countries who will be officiating in the tournament.
Ahead of the tournament Taufel will host the umpires in a two-day workshop at the ICC Global Cricket Academy in Dubai in order to help the officials prepare for the event. Meanwhile, during his time with his fellow umpires over the tournament, Taufel will also act as a mentor and will help educate and guide the umpires throughout, as part of an ICC initiative for umpires' development.

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