Kumar Dharmasena

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Kumar Dharmasena
Personal information
Full name Handunnettige Deepthi Priyantha Kumar Dharmasena
Born (1971-04-24) 24 April 1971
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nickname Dharma
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Role All-rounder
Relations K Dharmasena (brother)
International information
National side
  • Sri Lanka
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
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1988–2006 Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
1992 Nondescripts Cricket Club
1994 Moratuwa Cricket Club
Umpiring information
Tests umpired 21 (2013)
ODIs umpired 49 (2013)
T20Is umpired 11 (2012)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 31 141 155 206
Runs scored 868 1222 6550 2281
Batting average 19.72 22.62 36.18 26.21
100s/50s 0/3 0/4 9/37 0/9
Top score 62* 69* 157 94*
Balls bowled 6939 7009 25549 9747
Wickets 69 138 495 234
Bowling average 42.31 36.21 20.77 28.62
5 wickets in innings 3 0 30 3
10 wickets in match 0 – 5 –
Best bowling 6/72 4/37 7/30 5/14
Catches/stumpings 14/– 34/– 78/– 50/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 June 2012

Handunnettige Deepthi Priyantha Kumar Dharmasena[1] (born April 24, 1971 in Colombo, Sri Lanka), more commonly known as Kumar Dharmasena, 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.

Early life

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.[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]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Austin, Charlie. "Kumar Dharmasena". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Thawfeeq, Sa'adi (15 November 2006). "Kumar Dharmasena to pursue umpiring career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Sri Lanka v. India, 2008–09". Wisden Cricketer's Almanack. 36 Soho Square, London: John Wisden & Co. 2010. p. 1333. ISBN 978-1-4081-24666-6 Check |isbn= value (help). 
  4. ↑ "Match Officials – Emirates Elite Panel of Umpires". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Kumar Dharmasena voted Umpire of the Year". ESPNcricinfo. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012. 

External links

Sri Lanka squad – 1996 Cricket World Cup (1st Title)
Sri Lanka
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