Top referee and umpire panel for LPL-2

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LPL Match Referees Panel from left: Graeme Labrooy, Ranjan Madugalle, Manoj Mendis, and Wendell Labrooy

LPL Umpiring Panel. Standing from left: Rohitha Kottahachchi, Ravindra Kotttahachchi, Asanga Jayasuriya, Hemantha Boteju, Deepal Gunawardena, and Keerthi Bandara. Seated from left: Prageeth Rambukwella, Ruchira Palliyaguruge, Kumar Dharmasena, Raveendra Wimalasiri, and Lyndon Hannibal

The second edition of the Lanka Premier League 2021 will be officiated by a highly recognised Match Referee Panel and an Umpiring Panel consisting of ICC Chief Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle, and ICC Elite Panel Umpire Kumar Dharmasena.

This is the second consecutive time both officials will be operating at the Lanka Premier League 2021, which is Sri Lanka’s topmost domestic T20 tournament, with an international flavour.

Madugalle, a member of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees, has refereed in eight ICC Cricket World Cups, including the finals of 1999, 2003, 2015, 2019, and in the recently conducted ICC Men's T20 World Cup and will be joined by Graeme Labrooy and Wendell Labrooy, who are members of the International Panel of ICC Match Referees. Manoj Mendis, a first-class Match Referee of Sri Lanka, too will join the Panel of LPL Match Referees.

Dharmasena is a member of the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires, who won the ICC David Shepherd Trophy for Umpire of the Year in 2012 and 2018. He will be joined by Ruchira Palliyaguruge, Raveendra Wimalasiri, Lyndon Hannibal, and Prageeth Rambukwella, who are members of the ICC International Panel of Umpires.

Apart from them, Deepal Gunawardena, Hemantha Boteju, Keerthi Bandara, Asanga Jayasuriya, Rohitha Kottahachchi, and Raveendra Kottahachchi, who are Level 1 Umpires officiating in Sri Lanka’s first-class domestic cricket will also take up officiating duties during the LPL.

The Lanka Premier League will commence on 5 December and will be played at the RPICS, Colombo, and the MRICS, Hambantota. The final of the competition will be played on 23 December.