(Cricket news) The second edition of the Lanka Premier League 2021 is set to comprise Chief Match Referee of the ICC, Ranjan Madugalle and ICC Elite Panel Umpire Kumar Dharmasena for the second consecutive time. Madugalle has previously refereed in eight ICC Cricket World Cups, including the finals of 1999, 2003, 2015, 2019 and is a member of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees. He will be joined by Graeme Labrooy and Wendell Labrooy, who are members of the International Panel of ICC Match Referees.

Joining the Panel of LPL Match Referees is Manoj Mendis, a First Class Match Referee of Sri Lanka while Kumar Dharmasena is a member of the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires and won the 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 Botheju, Keerthi Bandara, Asanga Jayasuriya, Rohitha Kottahachchi, and Raveendra Kottahachchi, who are Level 01 Umpires officiating in Sri Lanka’s First Class Domestic Cricket will also take up officiating duties during the LPL. The tournament is set to begin on 5th December 2021 and will be played at the RPICS, Colombo, whilst the league will move into MRICS, Hambantota for the knockouts with the final taking place on 23rd December.

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