| Ahmed Shah Pakteen | |
| Country: | Afghanistan |
| Fullname: | Ahmed Shah Pakteen |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Herat, Afghanistan |
| Umpire: | true |
| Testsumpired: | 2 |
| Umptestdebutyr: | 2021 |
| Odisumpired: | 32 |
| Umpodidebutyr: | 2017 |
| Umpodilastyr: | 2023 |
| T20isumpired: | 25 |
| Umpt20idebutyr: | 2017 |
| Umpt20ilastyr: | 2023 |
| Wodisumpired: | 4 |
| Umpwodidebutyr: | 2022 |
| Wt20isumpired: | 6 |
| Umpwt20idebutyr: | 2018 |
| Date: | 24 June 2023 |
| Source: | ESPNcricinfo |
Ahmed Shah Pakteen (born 1 January 1977) is a cricket umpire from Afghanistan.[1] He is currently a member of International Panel of ICC Umpires. Pakteen has stood in matches in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup.[2]
On 14 January 2017 he made his Twenty20 International umpiring debut, in a match between Scotland and Hong Kong, in the 2017 Desert T20 Challenge.[3] He stood in his first One Day International (ODI) match between Afghanistan and Ireland on 15 March 2017.[4]
He was one of the twelve umpires to officiate matches in the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[5] In January 2020, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup tournament in South Africa.[6]
In February 2021, he was named as one of the two on-field umpires for the two-Test series between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe, becoming the first Afghan umpire to officiate in Test cricket.[7] He stood in his first Test match, between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe, on 2 March 2021.[8] [9]
In February 2022, he was named as one of the on-field umpires for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[10] [11] In January 2023, he was named as one of the on-field umpires for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[12] [13]