Ellawalakankanamge Asoka Ranjit De Silva (born March 28, 1956) is a Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

n cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er who played in 10 Tests

Test cricket

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 and 28 ODIs from 1985 to 1992. He later became an umpire

Umpire (cricket)

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De Silva served on the ICC Elite Umpire Panel

ICC Elite umpire panel

The Elite Panel of ICC Umpires is a panel of cricket umpires appointed by the International Cricket Council to officiate in Test matches and One Day Internationals around the world....

 between 2002 and 2004 when he was dumped down to the International Panel, but was invited back to the Elite level in April 2008 when the panel was expanded to twelve members. He continued as a member of the ICC International umpire panel in the interim period, being used by the ICC to support the Elite Panel during busy periods in the International cricket season. He umpired in the Cricket World Cup

Cricket World Cup

The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council , with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years...

 tournaments in 2003, 2007 and 2011. De Silva was moved to less crucial matches during the 2011 Cricket World Cup

2011 Cricket World Cup

The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It was Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a World Cup...

 after a review of his performance. He was subsequently expelled from the Elite Panel for the second time in his career in May 2011. He is the only person to have been given two chances on the Elite Panel, and so holds the dubious record of having his position on the panel terminated twice.

International umpiring statistics

As of the 4 June 2010:

	First	Latest	Total
Tests	Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle Galle International Stadium Galle International Stadium is a cricket stadium in Galle, Sri Lanka, situated near the Galle fort and fringed on two sides by the Indian Ocean. It is considered to be one of the most picturesque cricket grounds in the world... , Jun 2000	England v Bangladesh at Manchester, Jun 2010	45
ODIs	Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle Galle International Stadium Galle International Stadium is a cricket stadium in Galle, Sri Lanka, situated near the Galle fort and fringed on two sides by the Indian Ocean. It is considered to be one of the most picturesque cricket grounds in the world... , Aug 1999	Australia v Pakistan at Perth WACA Ground The WACA is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association.... , Jan 2010	100
T20Is	England v Netherlands at Lord's, Jun 2009	Australia v Pakistan at Gros Islet Beausejour Stadium Beausejour Stadium is a cricket ground located near Gros Islet, Saint Lucia. It was completed in 2002 and currently accommodates 13,000 spectators... , May 2010	9

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