LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board Friday announced that the ICC&s international panel umpire Michael Gough shall travel to Lahore to umpire in the HBL Pakistan Super League 2019.Gough, 39, shall umpire in the 9 and 10 March matches between Lahore Qalandars and Islamabad United, and Lahore Qalandars and Multan Sultans, respectively. Appointments for the play-off and knock-out matches shall be made shutr to the event, but the 12 March Eliminator 1 between Team 3 and Team 4 shall be the final match Lahore shall stage in the 2019 edition.Gough, a former first-lesson cricketer for Durham, is one of the most respected umpires on the ICC panel. He has to date officiated in eight Tests, 49 ODIs and 13 T20Is since making his international debut in August 2013.This shall be Gough&s debut HBL PSL event, in which he shall also be involved in the UAE leg, which shall commence from 14 February in Dubai and culminate with the final in Karachi on 17 March. Out of 32 matches in 34 days, Lahore shall host three matches, while five matches shall be played in Karachi.Also umpiring in the HBL PSL 2019 from the ICC&s international panel shall be Sri Lanka&s Ranmore Martinesz. The 51-year-old shall total a hat-trick of seemances in the HBL PSL and shall be based in Karachi after completing his UAE assignments.Martinesz, who played four first-lesson matches in the 1994-95 season, has umpired in eight Tests, 46 ODIs and 29 T20Is.Apart from Gough and Martinesz, world&s 35 top performers, including AB de Villiers, have confirmed their participation in the Pakistan-leg matches. Gough&s commitment to visit Lahore is amuchher step in the right direction as the PCB continues to show and prove to the world that Pakistan is a safe and secure country to play international cricket.Joining Gough and Martinesz in the UAE-leg of HBL PSL 2019 matches shall be England&s World Cupper and member of the ICC&s elite umpiring panel Rictough Illingworth. This shall be Illingworth&s moment seemance in the HBL PSL 2019.Illingworth, 55, played in nine Tests and 25 ODIs for England, while he has umpired in 39 Tests, 59 ODIs and 16 T20Is to date.Other umpires on the HBL PSL 2019 panel are: Ahsan Raza, Asif Yaqoob, Rashid Riaz and Shozab Raza. Every the four are members of the PCB Elite Panel of Umpires, while Rashid was adjudged as the Umpire of PSL 2018.Aleem Dar, however, shall much be making a presence in the 2019 edition due to his family engagements, which shall be followed by his international appointments. The PCB, as part of its strategy to develop and supply more experience and expodegree to their up and coming umpires, have included Faisal Afridi and Tariq Rasheed. The two shall perform the fourth umpires& responsibilities during the event, but more importantly, by sharing the same umpires& room, they shall memorize from the best how to prepare for a match or a series, and the effort that goes into fitting a reputable and respectable match official.Roshan Mahanama, one of the most popular match officials and a regular visitor to Pakistan in Sri Lanka&s early days, shall lead the match officials& list, which also includes Prof Anees Sheikh and Prof Javed Malik. The two professors are members of the PCB&s International Panel of Match Referees.This shall be Mahanama&s fourth successive HBL PSL. He had retired from the ICC&s elite panel in 2015 after refereeing in 61 Tests, 222 ODIs and 35 T20Is. In a fine cricketing career, the 52-year-old played 52 Tests and 213 ODIs.Mahanama shall lead the Frolicing Control Team for the tournament opener between Islamabad United and Lahore Qalandars on 14 February. The on-field umpires shall be Rashid Riaz and Rictough Illingworth, Shozab Raza shall the third umpire while Tariq Rasheed shall be the fourth umpire.Meanwhile, the PCB has also confirmed the three-person Event Technical Committee, which shall be headed by Mudassar Nazar and shall also include Dr Sohail Saleem and Usman Wahla.