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Priyankara Wickramasinghe

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Priyankara Wickramasinghe
Personal information
Full name
Prasad Priyankara Wickramasinghe
Born (1977-05-12) 12 May 1977 (age 47)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLegbreak
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition FC List A
Matches 65 41
Runs scored 1,368 139
Batting average 25.33 6.95
100s/50s 1/1 0/0
Top score 121* 20
Balls bowled 8,105 1495
Wickets 189 37
Bowling average 18.59 28.62
5 wickets in innings 10 0
10 wickets in match 1 0
Best bowling 8/47 4/48
Catches/stumpings 45/0 10/0
Source: CricInfo, 21 August 2022

Prasad Priyankara Wickramasinghe (born 12 May 1977) is a Sri Lankan-born cricketer who played for the Malaysia national cricket team, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Sri Lankan A team and the Sri Lankan Board XI.[1]

Personal and early life

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Priyankara was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo and played cricket for Nalanda College first XI team from 1994 to 1995 & former Sri Lanka cricket captain Mahela Jayawardene was his teammate.[2]

Malaysian international career

Priyankara made his debut for Malaysia in 2008 against Singapore.[3][4]

Notes

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References

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  • "The Malay Cricket Association of Malaysia – Since 1950". Malay Cricket.
  • "Priyankara Wickramasinghe". cricketarchive.com.
  • "Miscellaneous Matches played by Priyankara Wickramasinghe". cricketarchive.com.
  • "Teams Priyankara Wickramasinghe played for". stats.thecricketer.com.
  • "UAE start as favourites for ACC trophy". icc-europe.org. 25 July 2008.
  • "Malaysia Cricket - Priyankara Wickramasinghe". malaysiacricket.wordpress.com.
  • "IT IS VICTORY FOR MAF, KEDAH & SELANGOR". www.cricketmalaysia.com.
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