kumar dharmasena Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
kumar dharmasena is a cricketer(sportsman) from Sri Lanka. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Handunnettige Deepthi Priyantha Kumar Dharmasena
Born
April 24, 1971, Colombo
Age
52 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Allrounder
Other
Umpire
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 31 | 141 | - | - |
Inn | 51 | 87 | - | - |
Runs | 868 | 1222 | - | - |
Avg | 19.73 | 22.63 | - | - |
SR | 32.57 | 65.03 | - | - |
HS | 62 | 69 | - | - |
NO | 7 | 33 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 3 | 4 | - | - |
4s | 91 | 63 | - | - |
6s | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 31 | 141 | - | - |
Inn | 53 | 134 | - | - |
Balls | 6939 | 7009 | - | - |
Runs | 2920 | 4998 | - | - |
Wkt | 69 | 138 | - | - |
BBI | 72 / 6 | 37 / 4 | - | - |
BBM | 183 / 8 | 37 / 4 | - | - |
Eco | 2.52 | 4.28 | - | - |
Avg | 42.32 | 36.22 | - | - |
5W | 3 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Sri Lanka
- Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
- Moratuwa Sports Club
- Nondescripts Cricket Club
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
He started off in 1994, gaining a reputation of being an accurate bowler meant for the limited overs. He had gained himself a reputation of bowling with unrelenting control. His four-fer at Port Elizabeth against South Africa in his first tour, his spells in Sharjah taking his side to victory were such instances. 1996 was a year Sri Lanka would have tattooed on their cricketing history for eternity. Dharmasena played his part in seeing his side all the way with valuable performances in the semis and the final.
The first nail in the coffin that threatened to derail his career big time came in 1998 when the ICC questioned the legality of his bowling action. When he was cleared by his board in 2000, he was back as an all-rounder. He did continue with sporadic appearances in the ODI side, especially when Sri Lanka were playing at home, not quite so in Tests. It finally drew curtains in 2006, when he walked off from the first class scene. Not before he had a record for himself, of having the most number of ODI innings before bagging a duck. 72 innings in his case.
With a fairly successful career behind him, Dharmasena spun another tale for himself in his second innings - once again on the field. This time as the taskmaster with the best seat in the house, an umpire, becoming the youngest Sri Lankan to be chosen for the job. He started off in 2009 in an ODI against India and soon moved up the ladder rather quickly to the Elite Panel of ICC umpires in 2011. More validation for his meteoric growth came a year later when he was awarded the David Shepherd award for being the umpire of the Year, 2012.
He followed it up with consistent features in the top draws at the ICC tournaments, officiating in the finals of the 2013 Champions Trophy and the 2015 World Cup. The job of an umpire is largely thankless. And subject to utmost scrutiny. Umpire KD had his moment of troll with the Decision Review System (DRS) becoming an omnipresence. His troubles came to the fore in the English Test tour of Bangladesh. In the first Test at Chittagong, he had eight of his decisions overturned, a record by some margin.
Nevertheless, he continues to remain one of the top draws at any ICC event and has by far become the best umpire Sri Lanka has ever produced.
By - Vineet Anantharaman
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Dharmasena came into the international scene in 1994 against South Africa, aged 22. His quickish offspinners, delivered with a slightly unorthodox action, were invariably accurate making him an ideal one-day bowler, especially in Sri Lankan conditions. With time he also developed into a useful middle order batsman, which guaranteed him a regular place in the Sri Lankan one-day squad. His career came to a standstill after the Oval Test in 1998, when the ICC questioned his bowling action. However, he was cleared to play again by the Sri Lankan cricket board in July 2000. He subsequently played frequently for the one-day team, especially during home matches, but only played Test cricket sporadically. He retired from competitive cricket in November 2006 to pursue a career in umpiring and made his international umpiring debut in 2009. He was part of the panel of 18 umpires selected for the World Cup in India in 2011, officiating in the tournament opener between Bangladesh and India in Mirpur, and later the same year was promoted to the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires.
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