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Rare honour for ex-winners Madugalle and Dharmasena – By DINESH WEERAWANSA Source : sundayobserver Two former Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year – Ranjan Madugalle and Kumar Dharmasena have been picked by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as match officials for today’s ICC T20 World Cup final between England and Pakistan in Melbourne. ICC Chief Match Referee Madugalle, who stepped out of school as the Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year in the inaugural year 1979, will function as the ICC Match Referee in the T20 World Cup final to be played at the MCG. Dharmasena, the Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year in 1989, has been picked by the ICC as one of the two on-field umpires for the 12-nation final. This is the record sixth time he is officiating in a World Cup final. He will pair off with South African Marais Erasmus for today’s match. Both Madugalle and ...

Nov 13, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , ,
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Marais Erasmus, Kumar Dharmasena named on-field umpires for England-Pakistan final Image Source : zeenews.india Source : dailymirror The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Friday that Marais Erasmus and umpirewill be the on-field umpires for the Men’s T20 World Cup final between England and Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Sunday. Erasmus was the on-field umpire for the first semifinal between Pakistan and New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground while Dharmasena had been the on-field umpire for the second semifinal between India and England at Adelaide Oval. Chris Gaffaney will be the TV umpire for the final match while Paul Reiffel will be the fourth umpire. The final will be overseen by Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle. England are looking to win the tournament for the first time since their 2010 T20 World Cup triumph in the West Indies, after thrashing India by 10 wickets in Thursday’s semifinal in Adelaide. ...

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Five ex-Schoolboy Cricketers of the Year in action at T20 World Cup – BY DINESH WEERAWANSA Source : sundayobserver Five former Observer SLT Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketers of the Year will be seen in action during the forthcoming T20 World Cup tournament which starts in Australia next week. Out of the five Sri Lankans in action, three will be playing for the national T20 team while the other two will be on duty as ICC officials. Bhanuka Rajapakse (2010 and 2011 winner), Kusal Mendis (2013 winner) and Charith Asalanka (2016 and 2016 winner) will be the Sri Lanka T20 players in action while the other two award-winning ICC officials will be the chief Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle (1979 winner) and ICC Elite Panel umpire Kumara Dharmasena (1989 winner). Besides Madugalle, the other ICC Match Referees in the panel are former Zimbabwe player Andrew Pycroft, ex-England star Christopher Broad and ex-Australian top order ...

Oct 9, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , , , , , ,
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SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS – By Victor Melder (JUNE 2022)   The touring Australians beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to win the first T20 played at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Scores:    Sri Lanka – 128 in 19.3 Overs (Asalanka 38, Nissanka 36, Gunathilaka 26, Hazlewood 4/16, Starc 3/26, Richardson 1/22 Australia – 134 in 14 Overs (Warner 70no, Finch 61no) Player of the Match: Josh Hazlewood (Australia) The touring Australians beat Sri Lanka by 3 wickets to win the second T20 played at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Scores Sri Lanka – 124/9 in 20 Overs (Asalanka 39, K.Mendis 36, K. Richardson 4/30, J. Richardson 3/26, Maxwell 2/18) Australia –  126/7 in 17.5 Overs (Wade 26no, Finch 24, Warner 21, de Silva 4/33, Thushara 1/18, Chameera 1/31) Player of the Match: Matthew Wade (Australia) Sri Lanka have been fined 40 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a ...

Jul 1, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , , , , , , , ,
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SRI LANKA’s ICC CHIEF MATCH REFEREE OFFICIATES IN HIS 200th TEST today – by Sunil Thenabadu (sports editor – eLanka) Photo source: daily news ( https://www.dailynews.lk/2019/04/03/sports/182036/race-most-popular-segments ) Double century for Ranjan Madugalle! Today’s test match between the West Indies and Sri Lanka marks the 200th match being officiated by Ranjan Madugalle as the match referee. He is followed by Chris Broad, who has officiated in 88 Test matches. Similar to Muttiah Muralitharan’s 800 test wicket record, it is unlikely that Ranjan Madugalle’s record would also be broken by anyone. Madugalle is expected to be felicitated by the ICC and Sri Lanka Cricket during the match. ...

Nov 21, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged , , , ,
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Match officials announced for ICC T20 WC Ranjan Madugalle (third from right) and Kumar Dharmasena (third from left) will officiate in the opening match Source:Dailynews The ICC yesterday announced the appointment of 16 umpires and four match referees for the Round 1 and Super 12 stages of the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 in the United Arab Emirates. The selection of a 20-strong group effectively means that, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be neutral umpires for all matches of the 16-team tournament, running from October 17 to November 14. The first match of the tournament, between Oman and Papua New Guinea on October 17 will be officiated by Sri Lanka’s Kumar Dharmasena, alongside New Zealand’s Chris Gaffaney while Ranjan Madugalle will be the match referee. ...

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