Full Name Handunnettige Deepthi Priyantha Kumar Dharmasena Born ( 1971-04-24 ) 24 April 1971 (age 53) Birth Place Role Name Handunnettige Priyantha Relations K Dharmasena (brother) Education Nalanda College, Colombo | Nickname Dharma National team Sri Lanka Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Batting style Right-handed Bowling style Right-arm offbreak |
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 31 | 141 | 155 | 206 |
| Runs scored | 868 | 1222 | 6550 | 2281 |
| Batting average | 19.72 | 22.62 | 36.18 | 26.21 |
| 100s/50s | 0/3 | 0/4 | 9/37 | 0/9 |
| Top score | 62* | 69* | 157 | 94* |
| Balls bowled | 6939 | 7009 | 25549 | 9747 |
| Wickets | 69 | 138 | 495 | 234 |
| Bowling average | 42.31 | 36.21 | 20.77 | 28.62 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 3 | 0 | 30 | 3 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | – | 5 | – |
| Best bowling | 6/72 | 4/37 | 7/30 | 5/14 |
| Catches/stumpings | 14/– | 34/– | 78/– | 50/– |
Handunnettige Deepthi Priyantha Kumar Dharmasena , more commonly known as Kumar Dharmasena, is a Sri Lankan cricket umpire and former international player. He was a member of the Sri Lanka team that won the 1996 Cricket World Cup. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler.
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Playing career
Dharmasena started his cricketing career as a teenager at Nalanda College Colombo. His first foray into international cricket was in 1994 against South Africa.
His obscure action made him perfect for bowling in one-day matches, yet Dharmasena also proved a useful batsman, especially after he was investigated in 1998 by the ICC for overstretching his bowling action to illegal proportions. Having been cleared in July 2000, he played for the one-day team on several occasions since, but rarely played Test cricket.
Dharmasena was the 59th Sri Lankan cricketer to receive a Test cap (Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo Sinhalese Sports Club 1993).