Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar arrives Lahore

 LAHORE: Warm welcome was accorded by a big crowd to Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar, who gave cent percent performance in cricket World Cup 2011, after his arrival at Allama Iqbal International Airport in the wee hours of Tuesday.

Talking to media persons Dar said, "I am proud to represent Pakistan in the final of the cricket’s mega event was played between India and Sri Lanka.”

He thanked the Government of Pakistan and Government of Punjab for granting him Pride of Performance award.

Dar while praising Pakistani performance in the mega event said that overall performance in the world cup was satisfactory but they took two or three wrong decisions like power play were not taken on time.

He said defending champion Australia and hot favourite South Africa were failed to reach in the semi-final while Pakistan qualified but unfortunately was defeated by India.

It is worth mentioning here that not a single decision of Aleem Dar was withdrawn through UDRS, an umpire referral system.

Dar said UDRS is a good system and the systems would help to improve the performance of the umpires.