7. Kumar Dharmasena:
With a fairly successful career behind him, Dharmasena spun another tale for himself in his second innings – once again on the field. This time as the umpire. He started off in 2009 in an ODI against India and soon moved up the ladder rather quickly to the Elite Panel of ICC umpires in 2011. More validation for his meteoric growth came a year later when he was awarded the David Shepherd award for being the umpire of the Year, 2012.
Nevertheless, he continues to remain one of the tops draws at any ICC event and has by far become the best umpire Sri Lanka has ever produced. There were a few cons as well.
His earnings are $35,000 Per year. He gets $3000 from Test format of the game, $1000 for a T20I Game and $2200 for ODI match.