Tanvir Ahmed (umpire)

Tanvir Ahmed (born 3 October 1972) is a Bangladeshi cricket umpire.[1]

Tanvir Ahmed
Personal information
Born (1972-10-03) 3 October 1972
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Umpiring information
ODIs umpired1 (2021)
T20Is umpired6 (2018–2020)
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 January 2021

Umpiring career

Tanvir Ahmed umpired his first List A match in Bangladesh in 2005–06, and his first first-class match in 2007–08.[2] He has stood as an on-field umpire in the Bangladesh Premier League since 2012.[3]

Ahmed has been involved in a few on-field controversial decisions in domestic matches and he has often been involved in arguments with players.[4][5] In 2015 Bangladesh Premier League, in a group match Shakib Al Hasan fumed at him for his controversial decisions.

In November 2018, he was selected in the ICC International Panel of Umpires.[6] He stood his first match as an international umpire on 17 December 2018 in the 1st T20I match between Bangladesh and West Indies.[7]

On 22 December 2018 Ahmed was again involved in a controversial "no ball" decision in the 3rd T20I between Bangladesh and West Indies when he called a no ball resulting a protest from West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite and team management and then fourth Umpire, match referee had to intervene into this matter to resolve it and the match was again started after a 10-minute pause.[8][9]

In January 2021 he umpired in his first One Day International (ODI) match, between Bangladesh and the West Indies cricket team.[10]

See also

References

  1. "Tanvir Ahmed". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  2. "Tanvir Ahmed". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  3. "Bangladesh Premier League, Most matches as an Umpire". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  4. "Uproar over umpiring decision halts DPL clash". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  5. Mohammad Isam. "Doleshwar-Abahani match postponed after incident with umpires". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  6. "Two more Bangladeshi umpires added to ICC's Umpire Panel". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  7. "1st T20I, West Indies tour of Bangladesh at Sylhet, Dec 17 2018". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  8. "No 'no ball', no review?". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  9. "Ready to risk sanctions for team's sake - Brathwaite on umpiring errors". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  10. "3rd ODI, Chattogram, Jan 25 2021, West Indies tour of Bangladesh". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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