K. T. Francis, full name Kandiah Thirugnansampandapillai Francis (15 October 1939 – 9 June 2013) was a Sri Lankan cricket umpire.[1] Francis officiated in 25 Tests and 56 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1982 and 1999, mostly in his native Sri Lanka.
Francis' first Test as umpire was the one-off Test between Sri Lanka and England in February 1982; this was the first recognised Test match played by Sri Lanka. Three days earlier, Francis made his debut as a ODI umpire, in a match that also featured the debut of future Sri Lankan cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga.
francis, full, name, kandiah, thirugnansampandapillai, francis, october, 1939, june, 2013, lankan, cricket, umpire, francis, officiated, tests, internationals, odis, between, 1982, 1999, mostly, native, lanka, personal, informationfull, namekandiah, thirugnans. K T Francis full name Kandiah Thirugnansampandapillai Francis 15 October 1939 9 June 2013 was a Sri Lankan cricket umpire 1 Francis officiated in 25 Tests and 56 One Day Internationals ODIs between 1982 and 1999 mostly in his native Sri Lanka K T FrancisPersonal informationFull nameKandiah Thirugnansampandapillai FrancisBorn15 October 1939Kegalle CeylonDied9 June 2013 2013 06 09 aged 74 Colombo Sri LankaRoleUmpireUmpiring informationTests umpired25 1982 1999 ODIs umpired56 1982 1999 FC umpired108 1981 1999 LA umpired72 1981 1999 Source CricketArchive 10 June 2013 Francis first Test as umpire was the one off Test between Sri Lanka and England in February 1982 this was the first recognised Test match played by Sri Lanka Three days earlier Francis made his debut as a ODI umpire in a match that also featured the debut of future Sri Lankan cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga Francis was married and had two children See also editList of Test cricket umpires List of One Day International cricket umpiresReferences edit Sri Lanka Cricket News Umpire KT Francis dies at 73 ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 10 June 2013 External links editK T Francis Cricinfo Profile nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to a Sri Lankan cricket person born in the 1930s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title K T Francis amp oldid 1211338316, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
