final of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20. Kumar Dharmasena has worked as an umpire in 18 matches of ICC World T20, the most by any umpire from Sri Lanka. In January 2019, he won the David Shepherd Trophy for the ICC Umpire of the Year at the 2018 ICC Awards. In April 2019, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires to stand in matches during the 2019 Cricket World Cup. In July 2019, he was named as one of the two on-field umpires for the second semi-final match, between Australia and England. Later the same month, he was also named as one of the two on-field umpires for the Cricket World Cup Final. England won the match in a Super Over. He admitted an error but said he did not regret it. If the decision were correct, England would have required 4 runs to win off the last 2 balls but there's no certainty that they would have lost either. He also umpired 2022 t20 worldcup finals between Pakistan and England. Records Dharmasena is the only person to have played in a Final of the Cricket World Cup as well as officiated in the final of the World Cup. He had played in the 1996 Cricket World Cup Final and featured as an on-field umpire twice in 2015 and 2019 World Cup finals. See also List of Test cricket umpires List of One Day International cricket umpires List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires References External links 1971 births Living people Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers Sri Lanka Test cricketers Sri Lankan cricketers Cricketers at the 1996 Cricket World Cup Basnahira North cricketers Nondescripts Cricket Club cricketers Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club cricketers Sri Lankan Test cricket umpires Sri Lankan One Day International cricket umpires Sri Lankan Twenty20 International cricket umpires Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo North Central Province cricketers Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI cricketers Deshabandu