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| Full name | Handunnettige Deepthi Priyantha Kumara Dharmasena | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1971-04-24)24 April 1971 (age 54) Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Unanduwa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder,umpire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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| 1988–2006 | Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Nondescripts Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Moratuwa Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tests umpired | 92 (2010–2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODIs umpired | 138 (2009–2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20Is umpired | 47 (2009–2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WODIs umpired | 1 (2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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DeshabanduHandunnettige Deepthi Priyantha Kumar Dharmasena (born 24 April 1971) is a Sri Lankancricketumpire and former international cricketer.[1] He is a member of theElite Panel of ICC Umpires and the first person to participate in an ICC Cricket World Cup final both as a player and an umpire. A right-handed batsman and a right-armoff break bowler, Dharmasena was a member of the Sri Lankan side that won the1996 Cricket World Cup and the side which were joint-winners of the2002 ICC Champions Trophy with India.
Dharmasena was born in Colombo on 24 April 1971.[2] He started his cricketing career as a teenager atNalanda College Colombo.[3] His first foray into international cricket was in 1994 in a Test match againstSouth Africa.[2]
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 theICC 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.[2]
Dharmasena was the 59th Sri Lankan cricketer to receive a Test cap (Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo Sinhalese Sports Club 1993).
Kumar Dharmasena has the record for playing the most number of ODI innings before being dismissed for a duck (72 innings).[4]
He along withDulip Liyanage set the record for the highest 8th wicket runstand for Sri Lanka in ODI cricket (91).[5][6]
Following his retirement as a cricketer 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".[7] Prior to his retirement, he had already umpired several domestic matches in the Sara Trophy, the major first-class cricket tournament in Sri Lanka.[7] He umpired his first international match in 2009, overseeing theone-day international between India and Sri Lanka at the Rangiri International Stadium inDambulla:[8] he remains the youngest ever Sri Lankan to umpire any international match.[9] He umpired in the2011 Cricket World Cup, and was appointed to theElite Panel of ICC Umpires later that year.[2] Dharmasena was named the Umpire of the Year at the2012 ICC Awards, receiving theDavid Shepherd Trophy.[10]
He was selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the2015 Cricket World Cup[11] and umpired inthe final.[12] In doing so he became the first to play in and to umpire World Cup finals.[13] He stood in thefinal of the2016 ICC World Twenty20.[14]
Kumar Dharmasena has worked as an umpire in 18 matches of ICC World T20, the most by any umpire from Sri Lanka.[15]
In January 2019, he won the David Shepherd Trophy for the ICC Umpire of the Year at the 2018ICC Awards.[16] In April 2019, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires to stand in matches during the2019 Cricket World Cup.[17][18] In July 2019, he was named as one of the two on-field umpires for the second semi-final match, betweenAustralia andEngland.[19] Later the same month, he was also named as one of the two on-field umpires for theCricket World Cup Final.[20] England won the match in a Super Over.[21] He admitted an error at a critical moment in the match, but said he did not regret it. Had the right decision been made, England would have required 4 runs instead of 3 to win off the last 2 balls.[22]
He also umpired the final match of the2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup between Pakistan and England.[23]
In September 2023, he was named as one of the sixteen match officials for2023 Cricket World Cup.[24][25]
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