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ICC, Chief Match Referee, Ranjan Madugalle and ICC, Elite Panel Umpire, Kumar Dharmasena will characteristic in a extremely recognised Match Referee Panel and an Umpiring Panel to officiate within the Lanka Premier League (LPL).”Madugalle, a member of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees have refereed in seven ICC Cricket World Cups, including the finals of 1999, 2003, 2015 and 2019 tournaments, will be joined by Graeme Labrooy and Wendell Labrooy, who are members of the International Panel of ICC Match Referees to officiate in the LPL,” the LPL stated in a launch. Manoj Mendis, a First Class Match Referee of Sri Lanka too will be part of the Panel of LPL Match Referees.
“In the meantime, Kumar Dharmasena, a member of the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires, who won the ICC David Shepherd Trophy for Umpire of the Year in 2012 and 2018, will be a part of the 11 member LPL umpiring panel,” the assertion added.
Dharmasena will likely be joined by Ruchira Palliyaguruge, Raveendra Wimalasiri, Lyndon Hannibal, and Prageeth Rambukwella, who’re members of the ICC International Panel of Umpires.
Apart from them, Deepal Gunawardena, Hemantha Botheju, Keerthi Bandara, Asanga Jayasuriya, Rohitha Kottahachchi, and Raveendra Kottahachchi, who’re Level 01 Umpires officiating in Sri Lanka’s First Class Club Cricket may even take up officiating duties throughout the LPL.
LPL’s inaugural season will begin subsequent week regardless of star gamers together with Chris Gayle, Lasith Malinga and others pulling out of the event.
In the LPL, 5 franchisee groups, named after Colombo, Kandy, Galle, Dambulla and Jaffna will compete in 23 matches.
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Colombo will tackle Kandy within the opening match of LPL on the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota on November 26.
Every day there will likely be doubleheaders until the semi-finals on December 13 and 14. The ultimate will likely be performed on December 16.
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