Death of umpire Kudahetty

The death occurred of senior cricket umpire George Upali Kudahetty on January 18 of an heart attack and was cremated on January 20th.

He was 76 years old at the time of his death. The late George Kudahetty was an old boy of Carey College, Colombo and represented the first XI cricket team in 1958 and still has the second highest individual score of 175 for Carey in a school cricket encounter.

He represented Catamarans SC and Malay CC in the domestic tournaments and excelled as a wicket-keeper-batsman and later took up to cricket umpiring and was a respected grade 1 umpire from 1982 to 2005.

He has officiated in school cricket matches and all domestic tournaments conducted by SLC.

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