Dharmasena and Tucker to stand in final
Madugalle to act as match referee for England-India encounter.
File photo of Kumar Dharmasena. PHOTO: AFP
CARDIFF:
Sri Lanka’s Kumar Dharmasena and Australia’s Rod Tucker will officiate the Champions Trophy final, announced the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Dharmasena, the ICC’s umpire of the year for 2012, and Tucker were also in the middle for England’s seven-wicket semi-final win over South Africa at The Oval on Wednesday.
As was the case in that match, they will be backed up in Birmingham by Australia’s Bruce Oxenford in his role as television umpire.
But whereas former India fast-bowler Javagal Srinath was the match referee at the Oval, the fact that India are now in the final ruled him out of contention for the task, with the job given instead to ex-Sri Lanka international Ranjan Madugalle.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 22nd, 2013.
Sri Lanka’s Kumar Dharmasena and Australia’s Rod Tucker will officiate the Champions Trophy final, announced the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Dharmasena, the ICC’s umpire of the year for 2012, and Tucker were also in the middle for England’s seven-wicket semi-final win over South Africa at The Oval on Wednesday.
As was the case in that match, they will be backed up in Birmingham by Australia’s Bruce Oxenford in his role as television umpire.
But whereas former India fast-bowler Javagal Srinath was the match referee at the Oval, the fact that India are now in the final ruled him out of contention for the task, with the job given instead to ex-Sri Lanka international Ranjan Madugalle.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 22nd, 2013.