Mr. Upali Dharmadasa Archives

UPALI DHARMADASA HOLDS THE KEY TO SRI LANKA’S CLAIM FOR UDRS AUTHORSHIP- by Shenali D Waduge Source:Onlanka In life just as there are challenges there are opportunities to undo injustices so that truth wins the day. The present situation revolves around a song, the singer, and the composer. The song is the player referral rule we know as the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the singer is the International Cricket Council (ICC), the international governing body for cricket and the identity of the composer is the contentious issue at hand. There is one man who holds the key to another Sri Lankan staking the claim to the authorship of the UDRS and he is Mr. Upali Dharmadasa, the former President of the Sri Lanka Cricket Board. It was during his Presidency of the Board of Control for Cricket in 1997 that the initial player referral proposal (the lynchpin of the UDRS) ...

SLC lets down Sri Lanka by ignoring Lankanâ€™s claim for authorship of UDRS-by Shenali D Waduge Source:Lankaweb Is it jealousy or simply a couldn’t care less attitude that stops a country from taking up a just cause on behalf of one’s own countryman who has been engaged in a lone battle almost single handedly to claim public recognition of his authorship of the player – referral rule which underlies the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) used not only in cricket but in other sports as well. All that the country, its Sports Ministry and in particular the Sri Lanka Cricket Board needs to do is to officially request the ICC ” cricket’s world’s governing body to disclose who the true author of the UDRS is or carry out an investigation taking into account Senaka Weeraratna’s evidence shown through publications over the years commencing in March 1997. Why have both the ...