Wendell Labrooy

Wendell Cleophus Labrooy (born 25 September 1971) is a former Sri Lankan domestic cricketer who also currently serves as an international match referee. He played as a left handed batsman and bowled right arm medium fast in domestic matches.

Although he couldn't make it into the national team, his elder brother Graeme Labrooy managed to represent in Sri Lanka in international matches on the back of impressive domestic performances. Wendell has also worked as a banker at the Hatton National Bank.

He was also the first schoolboy cricketer representing Maris Stella College to score 1000 runs in a single season. For his stellar performances, he also received the first runner-up award among outstation schoolboys during the Sunday Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year award ceremony in 1991 and also won the runner-up awards for best batsman and bowler.

He played for Sri Lanka U19 team primarily during the early 1980s and late 1990s although he was never in contention for a place in the senior side mainly due to lack of international matches for Sri Lanka during the time. He was an established and proven performer at domestic cricket arena as an allrounder and has played club cricket for Burgher Recreation Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Colombo Cricket Club and Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club.

He joined HNB in 1993 and has also went onto play for HNB in mercantile cricket tournaments.

Umpiring career It was revealed that he initially wanted to be an umpire at first-class level and international level and he even attended the local umpire's examination way back in 2006 alongside the likes of Kumar Dharmasena, Lyndon Hannibal and Ruchira Palliyaguruge.

In January 2022, he stood in as match referee for the first time in a men's international match during the first ODI between Afghanistan and the Netherlands in Qatar.