Kumar Dharmasena

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Kumar Dharmasena is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who became a prominent elite panel umpire, officiating in major events such as the Cricket World Cup.

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instanceOf cricket umpire
cricketer
human
appointedToElitePanelYear 2011
awardReceived ICC Umpire of the Year NERFINISHED
awardReceivedYear 2012
2018
battingStyle right-handed bat
bowlingStyle right-arm offbreak
countryOfCitizenship Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1971-04-24
familyName Dharmasena NERFINISHED
fullName Deshabandu Handunnettige Deepthi Priyantha Kumar Dharmasena NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Kumar NERFINISHED
honorificTitle Deshabandu NERFINISHED
internationalDebutFormat One Day International cricket
Test cricket
knownFor being a member of Sri Lanka’s 1996 World Cup–winning team
international cricket umpiring
languageSpoken Sinhala NERFINISHED
nationality Sri Lankan NERFINISHED
occupation cricket umpire
odiDebutDate 1994-04-24
odiDebutOpponent Pakistan NERFINISHED
odiMatchesPlayed 141
officiatedIn 2015 Cricket World Cup final NERFINISHED
2019 Cricket World Cup final NERFINISHED
Cricket World Cup NERFINISHED
ICC World Twenty20 NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Colombo NERFINISHED
playedFor Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club NERFINISHED
Sri Lanka national cricket team NERFINISHED
residence Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
retiredFromInternationalCricketYear 2004
role all-rounder
umpire
sport cricket
testDebutDate 1993-08-18
testDebutOpponent South Africa NERFINISHED
testMatchesPlayed 31
umpireDebutOdiYear 2009
umpireDebutTestYear 2010
umpiringPanel ICC Elite Panel of Umpires NERFINISHED
wasMemberOf Sri Lanka squad at the 1996 Cricket World Cup
won 1996 Cricket World Cup NERFINISHED

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2015 Cricket World Cup final umpire Kumar Dharmasena