Tyron Wijewardene
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Full name | Tyron Hirantha Wijewardene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Maradana, Sri Lanka | 29 August 1961||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left hand bat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Umpire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tests umpired | 4 (2001–2005) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODIs umpired | 52 (1999–2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20Is umpired | 7 (2009–2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 10 August 2013 |
Tyron Hirantha Wijewardene (born 29 August 1961, in Maradana), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and current cricket umpire, elected to the International Panel of Umpires and Referees as Sri Lanka's second umpire.
As a cricketer, Wijewardene was a left-handed bowler, taking 9 wickets in his 5 First-class appearances for Saracens Sports Club in 1990/91. He was also a useful lower order batsman, getting one half-century having batted in just 5 innings.
Following an early retirement from cricket, he began umpiring and has stood in both Test cricket and One Day Internationals; standing in two matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
See also[]
- List of Test cricket umpires
- List of One Day International cricket umpires
- List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires
References[]
Categories:
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Sri Lankan cricketers
- Saracens Sports Club cricketers
- Sri Lankan Test cricket umpires
- Sri Lankan One Day International cricket umpires
- Sri Lankan Twenty20 International cricket umpires
- Sri Lankan cricket biography, 1960s birth stubs