Kumar Dharmasena
Kumar Dharmasena umpiring in the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
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Full name | Handunnettige Deepthi Priyantha Kumar Dharmasena | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
24 April 1971 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Dharma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 59) | 6 September 1993 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 8 March 2004 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 82) | 24 August 1994 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 25 February 2004 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988–2006 | Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992 | Nondescripts Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994 | Moratuwa Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tests umpired | 35 (2010–2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODIs umpired | 68 (2009–2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20Is umpired | 17 (2009–2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 10 June 2012 |
Handunnettige Deepthi Priyantha Kumar Dharmasena (born 24 April 1971 in Colombo, Sri Lanka), more commonly known as Kumar Dharmasena or by his nickname Unanduwa,[1] is a Sri Lankan cricket umpire and former international player. He was a member of the Sri Lanka team that won the 1996 Cricket World Cup. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler.
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Playing career
Dharmasena started his cricketing career as a teenager at Nalanda College Colombo. His first foray into international cricket was in 1994 against South Africa.
His obscure action made him perfect for bowling in one-day matches, yet Dharmasena also proved a useful batsman, especially after he was investigated in 1998 by the ICC for overstretching his bowling action to illegal proportions. Having been cleared in July 2000, he played for the one-day team on several occasions since, but rarely played Test cricket.
Dharmasena was the 59th Sri Lankan cricketer to receive a Test cap (Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo Sinhalese Sports Club 1993).
Move to umpiring
Following his retirement from playing in November 2006, Dharmasena announced plans to become a competitive umpire, as he wished to remain "close to the game which I love so dearly".[2] Prior to his retirement, he had already umpired several domestic matches in the Sara Trophy, the major first-class cricket tournament in Sri Lanka.[2] He umpired his first international match in 2009, overseeing the one-day international between India and Sri Lanka at the Rangiri International Stadium in Dambulla:[3] he remains the youngest ever Sri Lankan to umpire any international match.[4] He umpired at the 2011 Cricket World Cup, and was appointed to the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires later that year.[1] Dharmasena was named the Umpire of the Year at the 2012 ICC Awards, for which he received the David Shepherd Trophy.[5]
He was selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the 2015 Cricket World Cup[6] and umpired in the final.[7]
World's first
Kumar Dharmasena is the first to play and umpire in a final Cricket World Cup in 2015 played at Melbourne Cricket Ground between Australia and New Zealand.[8][9]
See also
- List of Test cricket umpires
- List of One Day International cricket umpires
- List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires
References
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- ↑ Cricket World Cup: Kumar Dharmasena first to play and umpire in final
- ↑ Cricket World Cup: Kumar Dharmasena and Richard Kettleborough to umpire in World Cup final
External links
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- 1971 births
- Living people
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- Cricketers at the 1996 Cricket World Cup
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- Nondescripts Cricket Club cricketers
- Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club cricketers
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