Sri Lankan umpire Kumar Dharmasena has emerged as winner in ICC umpire of the year category. He has won this award for the 1st time in his umpiring career. He has managed to beat legends like Simon Taufel from Australia (Five times winner), Aleem Dar from paksitan (Three times winner), Billy Bowden from New Zealand, Richard Kettleborough from England and Rodney Tucker from Australia.
“This award means a lot to me, after playing cricket for 12 years. It’s for the Sri Lankan umpires and the community who looked after my growth, Honestly, I feel I had a great year on and off the field and I feel having been a cricketer has helped me with my decision making as an umpire and to give better decisions.” Dharmasena said after collecting his award from Graham Gooch.
For the evaluation period Kumar Dharmasena supervised seven tests and 13 ODI matches.
