Ranmore Martinesz

Ranmore Martinesz
Personal information
Full name Ranmore Etholson John Martinesz
Born 24 June 1967
Colombo, Ceylon
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Bowler, umpire
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1994-1995 Sebastianites
First-class debut 16 December 1994 Sebastianites v Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club
Last First-class 10 February 1995 Sebastianites v Galle Cricket Club
Umpiring information
Tests umpired 7 (2013–2015)
ODIs umpired 33 (2010–2015)
T20Is umpired 14 (2010–2013)
FC umpired 117 (2000–present)
LA umpired 101 (2000–present)
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 98
Batting average 16.33
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 66
Balls bowled 408
Wickets 4
Bowling average 62.75
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/26
Catches/stumpings 2/0
Source: CricketArchive, 14 March 2014

Ranmore Etholson John Martinesz (born 24 June 1967 in Colombo) is a Sri Lankan umpire and a former first-class cricketer. Martinesz played first-class cricket for the Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club. His career was short, with him making just four first-class appearances.[1]

Umpiring career

Martinesz has proved himself an umpire worthy of being recognized at international level and be included in the ICC's International Panel of Umpires in the near future. For the past three years he has officiated as third umpire in Test matches and ODIs. His most important assignment was umpiring the Euro Asia Cup one-day final between India and Pakistan at Abu Dhabi in front of a crowd of 50,000. Apart from that he has officiated Intercontinental matches at Nepal and in 2003 umpired matches in Bangladesh's domestic tournament. Martinesz was forced to take up umpiring due to a persistent back injury which cut short his career as a cricketer. A fast bowling all-rounder he had a distinguished career at St. Peter's College finishing as runner-up best bowler in 1985 and then being selected to play for Sri Lanka Under 19 against Australia under 19 in 1985 and for Sri Lanka under 23 against Pakistan under 23 in 1987/88. He represented SSC, Negombo CC and Sebastianites in the Premier tournament before eventually retiring from the game in 1994. He took up umpiring in 1996 and was promoted to the Premier division in 2000.[2]

He was selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the 2015 Cricket World Cup.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Ranmore Martinesz". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  2. "Ranmore Martinesz". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  3. "ICC announces match officials for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015". ICC Cricket. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2015.