{"id":58339,"date":"2021-02-19T18:07:55","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T18:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=58339"},"modified":"2021-02-19T18:07:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T18:07:55","slug":"sl-umpire-achieves-milestone-in-australia-by-dhammika-ratnaweera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/sl-umpire-achieves-milestone-in-australia-by-dhammika-ratnaweera\/","title":{"rendered":"SL umpire achieves milestone in Australia-by Dhammika Ratnaweera"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #000080;\">SL umpire achieves milestone in Australia-by Dhammika Ratnaweera<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58340 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sahan-Weerasekara.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Sahan Weerasekara<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #666699;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynews.lk\/2021\/02\/16\/sports\/241703\/sl-umpire-achieves-milestone-australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dailynews<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lankan umpire Sahan Weerasekara, now based in Melbourne, Australia had the honour of officiating in his 150th match in the Cricket Victoria Premier Tournament. The former old boy of St. Benedict\u2019s College, is presently a Grade \u2018A\u2019 cricket umpire in the Victoria State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Earlier, he was a first-level umpire in Western Australia having started his umpiring career in 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Weerasekera had the opportunity of officiating in the Victoria State T20 Cricket Tournament final and also officiated in three State finals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">He is presently attached to the Victorian State Cricket Institute as an experienced umpire and is also involved in conducting sessions to promote new cricket umpires.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SL umpire achieves milestone in Australia-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Sahan Weerasekara Source:Dailynews Sri Lankan umpire Sahan Weerasekara, now based in Melbourne, Australia had the honour of officiating in his 150th match in the Cricket Victoria Premier Tournament. The former old boy of St. Benedict\u2019s College, is presently a Grade \u2018A\u2019 cricket umpire in the Victoria State. 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