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The Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2026, Sri Lanka’s premier domestic T20 tournament with an
international flavor, has selected the following Match Official Panel for the sixth edition of the
tournament.
The panel features ICC Elite Panel Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle, ICC Elite Panel Umpire
Kumar Dharmasena, several other ICC match referees and umpires, as well as a number of
officials from Sri Lanka Cricket’s Emerging Match Official Panels.
Match Referee Panel
\uf0b7 Ranjan Madugalle \u2013 ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees
\uf0b7 Graeme Labrooy \u2013 ICC Emerging Match Referees Group
\uf0b7 Wendell Labrooy \u2013 ICC International Panel of Match Referees
\uf0b7 Manoj Mendis \u2013 SLC Emerging Panel of Match Referees
\uf0b7 Pradeep Jeyapragash \u2013 SLC Emerging Panel of Match Referees
Umpire Panel
\uf0b7 Kumar Dharmasena \u2013 ICC Elite Panel of Umpires
\uf0b7 Wayne Knights \u2013 ICC Emerging Umpires Group
\uf0b7 Asif Yaqoob \u2013 ICC Emerging Umpires Group
\uf0b7 Raveendra Wimalasiri \u2013 ICC International Panel of Umpires
\uf0b7 Prageeth Rambukwella \u2013 ICC International Panel of Umpires
\uf0b7 Ravindra Kottahachchi \u2013 ICC International Panel of Umpires
\uf0b7 Chamara De Zoysa \u2013 ICC International Panel of Umpires
\uf0b7 Asanka Nanayakkara \u2013 SLC Emerging Panel of Umpires
\uf0b7 Chandrika Amarasinghe \u2013 SLC Emerging Panel of Umpires
\uf0b7 Hemantha Boteju \u2013 SLC Emerging Panel of Umpires
\uf0b7 Shantha Fonseka \u2013 SLC Emerging Panel of Umpires
\uf0b7 S.P.R.L. Dulsiri \u2013 SLC Emerging Panel of Umpires
The Lanka Premier League 2026, Sri Lanka\u2019s premier domestic cricket tournament with an
international flavor, is scheduled to be played from 17 July to 8 August 2026.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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