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Full name Bathigama Badalage Jagath Nandakumar
Born May 21, 1969, Matara
Current age 39 years 142 days
Major teams Matara Sports Club,Singha Sports Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Other Umpire
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
Ct
St
First-class
30
48
6
849
79
20.21
0
3
5
0
List A
1
1
0
22
22
22.00
0
0
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
30
180
97
2
1/16
48.50
3.23
90.0
0
0
List A
1
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Career statistics
First-class span
1990/91 - 1999/00
List A span
1998/99 - 1998/99
Profile
A fearless umpire whose continuous questioning of cricket officialdom has landed him in troubled waters and somewhat stalled his progress as an umpire. Jagath Nandakumara is an umpire who has made it to the top the hard way and is one who despises those who have bypassed him under Sri Lanka Cricket's fast track program. A brilliant cricketer at St Thomas' College Matara from the under 15 age group where he excelled as an all-rounder winning all the top prizes, Nandakumara made his first-class debut with United Southern SC before going onto play for Galle CC, Singha SC, Matara SC and Southern Province with distinction. He graduated to become a qualified cricket coach and coached his alma mater which produced cricketers in the calibre of Indika de Saram and Prabath Nissanka who went onto play for Sri Lanka. His first official international match was the 4-day unofficial test between Sri Lanka A and Pakistan A at Galle in 2001. In 2004 he was standby umpire for ODI between Sri Lanka and England. He is a teacher by profession. Sa'adi Thawfeeq February 2008
