Lyndon Hannibal (born 20 November 1965) is a Sri Lankan international

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umpire and a former first class cricketer. He stood as an umpire in the tour match between Sri Lanka Board President's XI vs Indian national cricket team in August 2015. He stood in his first Twenty20 International (T20I) match, between Bangladesh and India in the

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, on 8 March 2018. He stood in his first

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(ODI) match, between

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

and South Africa, on 8 August 2018. In October 2019, he was appointed as one of the twelve umpires to officiate matches in the

2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier The 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament held during October and November 2019 in the United Arab Emirates to determine which teams would qualify for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. The six teams finishing ...

tournament in the United Arab Emirates. In 2021, he officiated in a Test series for the first time, as third umpire in the series between Sri Lanka and England.

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* 1965 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Sri Lankan cricket umpires Sri Lankan One Day International cricket umpires Sri Lankan Twenty20 International cricket umpires Sportspeople from Colombo {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-1960s-stub

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