Australia and New Zealand have introduced an international exchange program for their senior cricket umpires.

Simon Fry, a member of Cricket Australia's international panel, and Barry Frost, a member of New Zealand Cricket's international panel, will be the first umpires to benefit from the program, which is designed to provide senior umpires with potential to officiate at international level the opportunity of experiencing foreign conditions, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

Fry will officiate in a Plunket Shield first class match in Auckland, starting on November 23, while Frost will officiate in a Sheffield Shield first class match in Melbourne, starting three days later.

Both countries already have a similar relationship in place with Cricket South Africa. (ANI)