Lankan umpires to Malaysia - (3 Sep 1996)

Sept 3rd

Lankan umpires to Malaysia

Daily News

Four senior international cricket umpires from Sri Lanka will leave on Tuesday for Malaysia to officiate in the Pepsi Asian Cricket Council trophy tournament from September 6 -16.

Udaya Wickremasinghe and T.M. Samarasinghe, who were members of the Singer World Series panel, Ignatius Anandappa and D.N. Pathirana will be joined by three umpires from India and three from Pakistan in the 23 matches that will be played amongst 12 countries.

The winning team will qualify to play in the Asia Cup tournament to be held in Sri Lanka next year.

The teams participating in the Malaysian tournament are: Bangladesh, Hongkong, Fiji, Japan, Nepal, Brunei, UAE, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Maldives.

Source:: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)