Deepal Gunawardene

Deepal Gunawardene
Personal information
Born (1969-10-21) 21 October 1969 (age 57)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Umpiring information
T20Is umpired4 (2019)
WODIs umpired6 (2015–2019)
WT20Is umpired7 (2013–2022)
Source: Cricinfo, 9 December 2019

Deepal Gunawardene (born 21 October 1969) is a Sri Lankan cricket umpire and former first class cricketer. As an umpire, he stood in a tour match between Sri Lanka Board President's XI and West Indians in October 2015.

Biography

Gunawardene attended Dharmapala College Pannipitiya. Representing Police SC in cricket from 1989 to 2003, he transitioned to umpiring post-retirement. He secured third place in Sri Lanka Cricket's 2006-07 Premier panel examination and served as a standby umpire for the 2008 Sri Lanka-England Test. Additionally, he officiated in the 2007 Elite Cup under-19 tournament in Malaysia.

On 5 December 2019, he umpired in his first Twenty20 International (T20I) match, between Nepal and Bhutan in the men's tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "West Indies tour of Sri Lanka, Tour Match: Sri Lanka Board President's XI v West Indians at Colombo (SSC), Oct 9-11, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Deepal Gunawardene". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "4th Match, South Asian Games Men's Cricket Competition at Kirtipur, Dec 5 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2019.