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ICC announces match officials for Men's T20 World Cup 2026 group stage
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
The tournament opener between Pakistan and the Netherlands at Colombo's Sinhalese Sports Club will see Kumar Dharmasena and Wayne Knights stand as on-field umpires. Dharmasena, a member of Sri Lanka's 1996 World Cup-winning side, brings extensive experience with 37 T20 World Cup matches unde
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"What do you want us to do?": KL's heated exchange with umpire Dharamsena
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The incident took place when Indian seamer Prasidh Krishna gave stares to Joe Root after bowling to him. Things got heated up when Root and Krishna exchanged some words, and Dharmasena objected to both.
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Sri Lankan cricketer Jayasuriya seeks PM Modi's help in bringing internati
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
The video of the interaction from Saturday was released on the YouTube channel of the Prime Minister's Office. In January 1996, Sri Lanka was rocked by bomb blasts at the Central Bank. Due to this, Australia and West Indies refused to send their teams to Sri Lanka due to security reasons.
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PM Modi meets 1996 World Cup-winning Sri Lankan cricket legends in Colombo
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
PM Modi is on a State visit to Sri Lanka from April 4 to 6 at the invitation of Sri Lankan President Disanayaka. His arrival in Colombo on Friday marked his first visit to Sri Lanka since 2019. He met the 1996 WC-winning Sri Lanka team, which won the country their maiden world title by de
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Match officials declared for India-New Zealand title clash for Champions T
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced the match officials for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final in Dubai on Sunday, in which India will take on New Zealand.
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Windies pacer Alzarri Joseph fined for breaching ICC Code of Conduct durin
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
According to a release from ICC on Tuesday, Joseph was found to have violated Article 2.3 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to the "use of an audible obscenity."
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ICC announces 26 match officials for T20 World Cup
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday announced 26 match officials for the first round of matches of the T20 World Cup 2024 in the West Indies and USA, starting June 1
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"Did you just see we made an error...": Umpire Erasmus opens up on decisio
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Erasmus was one of the on-field umpires along with Sri Lanka's Kumar Dharamsena during the epic title clash betwen two nations, which saw the Three Lions lift their maiden World Cup on boundary count after the regular game was tied at 241 runs each and the Super Over ended in a tie as well.
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Kumar Dharmasena, Nitin Menon to serve as on-field umpires during CWC open
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The group stage clash, a repeat of the unforgettable final four years ago, will see Dharmasena and Menon joined by TV umpire Paul Wilson, fourth umpire Shahid Saikat and match referee Javagal Srinath.
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ICC announce Match Officials for ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Sixteen umpires will officiate the 13th edition of the tournament, including all 12 of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and four members of the ICC Emerging Umpire Panel, they are: Chris Brown, Kumar Dharmasena, Marais Erasmus, Chris Gaffaney, Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Richard
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Ponting wants investigation into ball change during Australia second innin
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
On day four afternoon, umpires Joel Wilson and Kumar Dharmasena changed the ball after the first ball of the 37th over was delivered, deeming that it had gone out of shape after Usman Khawaja was struck on the helmet by a Mark Wood delivery. Only 11 balls were bowled on the second afternoon
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Stuart Broad says, "Umpire Dharmasena told him Smith 'would have been give
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
On the day two of the fifth Ashes series, Smith was saved from a run out on the "benefit of the doubt" to batter. At first, it appeared that Smith was short of his ground, however after seeing replays umpire Nitin Menon ruled that the bail was not completely dislodged from both grooves until
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