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ZIMBABWE official Iknow Chabi has been named among 16 umpires for this year’s ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup to be staged in South Africa.
The ICC yesterday announced umpires and match referee appointments for the biennial youth tournament that runs from January 17 to February 9.
The 35-year-old Chabi will officiate as an on-field umpire in three matches, starting with the New Zealand vs Japan game scheduled for the Puk Oval in Potchefstroom on January 18.
His next assignment will be as a fourth umpire for the match between Pakistan and Scotland the following day at the same venue.
On January 21, Chabi will be television umpire for the India vs Japan match at the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein.
He will then be in Kimberley as umpire for the game between West Indies and Nigeria and England vs Nigeria at the Country Club Ground and Diamond Oval on January 23 and 25.
In the run-up to the tournament, Chabi will also be involved in three official warm-up matches, two as an on-field umpire and the other as a fourth umpire between January 12 and 15.
Chabi made his international debut as an umpire in the Twenty20 International match between Zimbabwe and Pakistan in Harare on July 4, 2018.
On April 12, 2019, he stood in his first one-day international between Zimbabwe and the United Arab Emirates in Harare.
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