Sri Lanka’s Dedunu de Silva among 20 match officials appointed

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Dedunu de Silva

ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025 in Malaysia

Former Sri Lanka women’s cricketer turned umpire Dedunu de Silva is among 20 match officials appointed to stand in the ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in Malaysia.

Dedunu who represented her country as a batter and appeared in 42 WODIs and 6 WT20Is for her country is joined by Bangladesh’s first female umpire Shathira Jakir Jessy and Candace La Borde, who were both part of the match officials team for the inaugural tournament final that saw India clinch the trophy.

ICC Senior Manager – Umpires and Referees Sean Easey highlighted the diversity of the officials appointed as he looked ahead to the tournament that gets underway on 18 January, with 14 nations represented including Qatar, Ireland, USA and Oman.

“Congratulations to the umpires and match referees who have been selected to this event,” he said. “These individuals have earned selection by performing well in bilateral cricket. It is a wonderfully diverse group, just like the game that they represent. Similar to the players at this event, these officials have been identified as having high potential. We are confident that they will perform well and that some will progress to officiate at the higher levels of the game.”

David Gilbert, Dean Cosker, Reon King, and Trudy Anderson have been appointed as match referees.

Match Officials for ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025:

Umpires: Ashlee Gibbons (Australia), Shathira Jakir Jessy (Bangladesh), Gayathri Venugopalan (India), Narayanan Janani (India), Aidan Seaver (Ireland), Nitin Bathi (Netherlands), Rizwan Akram (Netherlands), Rahul Asher (Oman), Saleema Imtiaz (Pakistan), Shivani Mishra (Qatar), Kerrin Klaaste (South Africa), Dedunu De Silva (Sri Lanka), Vijaya Prakash Mallela (USA), Candace La Borde (West Indies), Maria Abbott (West Indies), Forster Mutizwa (Zimbabwe)

Match referees: David Gilbert (Australia), Dean Cosker (England), Trudy Anderson (New Zealand), Reon King (West Indies)