Tyron Wijewardene | |
Fullname: | Tyron Hirantha Wijewardene |
Birth Date: | 1961 8, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Maradana, Sri Lanka |
Batting: | Left-handed |
Bowling: | Left arm medium-fast |
Umpire: | true |
Testsumpired: | 4 |
Umptestdebutyr: | 2001 |
Umptestlastyr: | 2005 |
Odisumpired: | 52 |
Umpodidebutyr: | 1999 |
Umpodilastyr: | 2013 |
T20isumpired: | 7 |
Umpt20idebutyr: | 2009 |
Umpt20ilastyr: | 2012 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 5 |
Runs1: | 118 |
Bat Avg1: | 23.60 |
100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
Top Score1: | 52 |
Deliveries1: | 503 |
Wickets1: | 9 |
Bowl Avg1: | 23.33 |
Fivefor1: | 0 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 4/78 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/– |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26477/26477.html CricketArchive |
Date: | 10 August 2013 |
Tyron Hirantha Wijewardene (born 29 August 1961), is a Sri Lankan cricket umpire and former cricketer. He was 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.