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Sri Lanka National Players Profile Sri Lanka National Players profile Angelo Mathews Sri Lanka Full name Angelo Davis Mathews Born June 2, 1987, Colombo Current age 32 years 255 days Major teams Sri Lanka, Basnahira Greens, Basnahira North, Brothers Union, Colts Cricket Club, Combined Provinces, Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders, Pune Warriors, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Under-19s Playing role Allrounder Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium Education St. Joseph's College, Colombo Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St Tests 86 154 22 5981 200* 45.31 12299 48.62 10 35 633 61 68 0 ODIs 214 184 48 5812 139* 42.73 6974 83.33 3 40 459 89 52 0 T20Is 73 58 18 1086 81* 27.15 913 118.94 0 5 68 38 23 0 First-class 124 211 29 8755 270 48.10 17490 50.05 19 46 916 99 97 0 List A 273 237 58 7121 139* 39.78 8799 80.92 4 51 80 0 T20s 154 131 35 2466 81* 25.68 2041 120.82 0 9 172 80 56 0 Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10 Tests 86 81 3876 1745 33 4/44 4/60 52.87 2.70 117.4 1 0 0 ODIs 214 155 5083 3907 115 6/20 6/20 33.97 4.61 44.2 1 1 0 T20Is 73 58 987 1139 37 3/16 3/16 30.78 6.92 26.6 0 0 0 First-class 124 132 6467 2927 63 5/47 5/62 46.46 2.71 102.6 1 1 0 List A 273 6024 4574 146 6/20 6/20 31.32 4.55 41.2 2 1 0 T20s 154 118 2055 2545 79 4/19 4/19 32.21 7.43 26.0 1 0 0 Dilruwan Perera Sri Lanka Full name Mahawaduge Dilruwan Kamalaneth Perera Born July 22, 1982, Panadura Current age 37 years 205 days Major teams Sri Lanka, Basnahira South, Chilaw Marians Cricket Club, Colts Cricket Club, Panadura Sports Club, Southern Express, Sri Lanka Board XI Playing role Allrounder Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm offbreak Height 5 ft 10 in Education Sri Sumangala College, Panadura Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St Tests 41 73 8 1208 95 18.58 2556 47.26 0 6 145 22 19 0 ODIs 13 12 0 152 30 12.66 199 76.38 0 0 13 3 2 0 T20Is 3 2 0 1 1 0.50 6 16.66 0 0 0 0 0 0 First-class 215 347 25 7614 137* 23.64 4 41 145 0 List A 175 161 9 2650 74 17.43 0 8 56 0 T20s 79 64 6 779 62 13.43 714 109.10 0 1 80 19 21 0 Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10 Tests 41 74 10246 5512 156 6/32 10/78 35.33 3.22 65.6 7 8 2 ODIs 13 10 456 409 13 3/48 3/48 31.46 5.38 35.0 0 0 0 T20Is 3 3 60 72 3 3/26 3/26 24.00 7.20 20.0 0 0 0 First-class 215 40202 20457 770 7/71 26.56 3.05 52.2 40 4 List A 175 7118 4871 163 6/28 6/28 29.88 4.10 43.6 2 2 0 T20s 79 75 1441 1559 71 3/14 3/14 21.95 6.49 20.2 0 0 0 Minod Bhanuka Sri Lanka Full name Minod Bhanuka Ranasinghe Born April 29, 1995 Current age 24 years 289 days Major teams Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka Under-19s Playing role Top-order batsman Batting style Left-hand bat Fielding position Wicketkeeper Education Maliyadewa College, Kurunegala Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St ODIs 1 1 0 36 36 36.00 39 92.30 0 0 0 2 0 0 T20Is 2 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 0.00 0 0 0 0 2 0 First-class 47 74 6 3095 342 45.51 4364 70.92 11 8 347 60 113 32 List A 54 47 1 1267 113* 27.54 1576 80.39 1 7 111 26 49 23 T20s 43 40 5 686 70* 19.60 567 120.98 0 4 56 31 32 15 Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10 ODIs 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - T20Is 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - First-class 47 1 6 3 0 - - - 3.00 - 0 0 0 List A 54 - - - - - - - - - - - - T20s 43 - - - - - - - - - - - - Dhananjaya de Silva Sri Lanka Full name Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva Born September 6, 1991, Colombo Current age 28 years 159 days Major teams Sri Lanka, Badureliya Sports Club, Kandurata Maroons, Ragama Cricket Club, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Board President's XI, Sri Lanka Under-19s Playing role Allrounder Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm offbreak Height 5 ft 8 in Education Debarawewa Central Hambantota, Mahanama College Colombo, Richmond College, Galle Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St Tests 31 57 4 1863 173 35.15 3288 56.66 6 6 230 13 34 0 ODIs 42 39 7 814 84 25.43 1073 75.86 0 4 81 8 19 0 T20Is 16 15 0 331 62 22.06 301 109.96 0 2 28 5 4 0 First-class 88 157 7 5405 173 36.03 8903 60.70 15 24 643 66 98 0 List A 84 80 8 1934 132 26.86 2403 80.48 3 6 216 20 38 0 T20s 51 49 4 1262 81* 28.04 976 129.30 0 9 123 37 19 0 Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10 Tests 31 45 1957 1091 21 3/25 5/51 51.95 3.34 93.1 0 0 0 ODIs 42 35 1028 899 22 3/32 3/32 40.86 5.24 46.7 0 0 0 T20Is 16 9 108 128 5 2/22 2/22 25.60 7.11 21.6 0 0 0 First-class 88 107 4981 2768 88 6/33 9/41 31.45 3.33 56.6 3 1 0 List A 84 64 1797 1486 42 3/32 3/32 35.38 4.96 42.7 0 0 0 T20s 51 31 407 507 19 2/9 2/9 26.68 7.47 21.4 0 0 0 Lasith Embuldeniya Sri Lanka Full name Lasith Embuldeniya Born October 26, 1996, Colombo Current age 23 years 109 days Major teams Sri Lanka, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Royal College Playing role Bowler Batting style Left-hand bat Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox Education Royal College, Colombo Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St Tests 7 9 0 56 24 6.22 180 31.11 0 0 7 0 1 0 First-class 29 40 14 291 26 11.19 920 31.63 0 0 25 3 10 0 List A 10 6 4 31 7* 15.50 66 46.96 0 0 1 0 0 0 T20s 2 1 1 4 4* - 4 100.00 0 0 1 0 1 0 Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10 Tests 7 12 2031 1194 30 5/66 7/188 39.80 3.52 67.7 3 2 0 First-class 29 52 7095 3799 157 6/59 10/123 24.19 3.21 45.1 11 13 4 List A 10 9 366 275 8 3/35 3/35 34.37 4.50 45.7 0 0 0 T20s 2 2 38 19 2 1/9 1/9 9.50 3.00 19.0 0 0 0 Vishwa Fernando Sri Lanka Full name Muthuthanthrige Vishwa Thilina Fernando Born September 18, 1991, Colombo Current age 28 years 147 days Major teams Sri Lanka, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Moratuwa Sports Club, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka A Emerging Players, Sri Lanka Board President's XI, Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI Playing role Bowler Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Left-arm medium-fast Height 5 ft 10 in Education St. Sebastians College, Moratuwa Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St Tests 8 12 6 54 38 9.00 201 26.86 0 0 5 0 2 0 ODIs 8 8 6 30 7* 15.00 61 49.18 0 0 3 0 0 0 T20Is 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 2 100.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 First-class 67 84 33 418 38 8.19 1146 36.47 0 0 50 5 24 0 List A 38 22 15 72 18* 10.28 196 36.73 0 0 7 0 7 0 T20s 11 2 0 4 2 2.00 9 44.44 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10 Tests 8 13 1293 772 23 4/62 8/133 33.56 3.58 56.2 2 0 0 ODIs 8 8 297 337 5 1/35 1/35 67.40 6.80 59.4 0 0 0 T20Is 1 1 12 16 0 - - - 8.00 - 0 0 0 First-class 67 110 8722 5606 174 5/35 9/145 32.21 3.85 50.1 8 6 0 List A 38 36 1465 1403 49 3/4 3/4 28.63 5.74 29.8 0 0 0 T20s 11 11 162 226 9 2/17 2/17 25.11 8.37 18.0 0 0 0 Shehan Jayasuriya Sri Lanka Full name Gampalage Shehan Naveendra De Fonseka Gunawarna Jayasuriya Born September 12, 1991, Colombo Current age 28 years 153 days Major teams Sri Lanka, Chittagong Kings, Kandurata Maroons, Moors Sports Club, Police Sports Club, Sri Lanka Board President's XI, Sri Lanka Under-19s, Sri Lanka Under-23s Playing role Batting allrounder Batting style Left-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm offbreak Education Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St ODIs 12 10 1 195 96 21.66 273 71.42 0 1 13 2 1 0 T20Is 16 14 0 225 40 16.07 203 110.83 0 0 17 8 3 0 First-class 74 126 5 5013 237 41.42 6055 82.79 9 30 628 70 57 0 List A 138 128 10 4285 161 36.31 4860 88.16 9 26 406 74 42 0 T20s 76 70 5 1594 107 24.52 1260 126.50 1 10 138 47 31 0 Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10 ODIs 12 11 312 277 3 1/15 1/15 92.33 5.32 104.0 0 0 0 T20Is 16 10 131 202 3 1/11 1/11 67.33 9.25 43.6 0 0 0 First-class 74 122 8145 4575 181 7/22 10/88 25.27 3.37 45.0 4 9 1 List A 138 129 4922 3708 116 5/35 5/35 31.96 4.52 42.4 2 2 0 T20s 76 61 998 1211 49 5/15 5/15 24.71 7.28 20.3 0 1 0 Suranga Lakmal Sri Lanka Full name Ranasinghe Arachchige Suranga Lakmal Born March 10, 1987, Matara Current age 32 years 339 days Major teams Sri Lanka, Basnahira South, Matara Sports Club, Sri Lanka A, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club Playing role Bowler Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St Tests 61 95 23 836 42 11.61 1726 48.43 0 0 106 9 18 0 ODIs 85 48 22 244 26 9.38 404 60.39 0 0 18 3 19 0 T20Is 11 6 3 7 5* 2.33 11 63.63 0 0 1 0 3 0 First-class 117 151 33 1305 58* 11.05 2533 51.51 0 1 156 20 42 0 List A 164 89 44 410 38* 9.11 647 63.36 0 0 35 5 41 0 T20s 47 22 12 85 33 8.50 90 94.44 0 0 7 3 13 0 Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10 Tests 61 108 11099 5651 151 5/54 7/80 37.42 3.05 73.5 6 3 0 ODIs 85 83 3824 3478 107 4/13 4/13 32.50 5.45 35.7 3 0 0 T20Is 11 11 208 330 8 2/26 2/26 41.25 9.51 26.0 0 0 0 First-class 117 204 18269 10228 314 6/68 9/134 32.57 3.35 58.1 14 8 0 List A 164 162 7384 6549 230 5/31 5/31 28.47 5.32 32.1 4 3 0 T20s 47 45 943 1250 52 5/34 5/34 24.03 7.95 18.1 0 1 0 Kasun Rajitha Sri Lanka Full name Chandrasekara Arachchilage Kasun Rajitha Born June 1, 1993, Matara Current age 26 years 256 days Major teams Sri Lanka, Badureliya Sports Club, Sri Lanka Board President's XI, Sri Lanka Under-19s Playing role Bowler Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast Education St.
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