Danushka Gunathilaka

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Gihan Jayaweera (talk | contribs) at 16:58, 4 September 2016. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Danushka Gunathilaka
Personal information
Full name
Mashtayage Danushka Gunathilaka
Born (1991-03-17) 17 March 1991 (age 33)
Panadura, Sri Lanka
NicknameDanu
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-break
RoleOpening batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 166)1 November 2015 v West Indies
Last ODI4 September 2016 v Australia
ODI shirt no.70
T20I debut (cap 60)7 January 2016 v New Zealand
Last T20I5 July 2016 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009/10 – 2010/11Colombo Cricket Club
2011/12 – 2013/14Sinhalese Sports Club
2011/12 – 2014Sri Lanka A
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 16 5 37 77
Runs scored 377 91 1,677 2,204
Batting average 25.13 18.20 27.95 35.54
100s/50s -/3 -/- 1/9 3/17
Top score 65 46 152 106*
Balls bowled 150 6 3159 1126
Wickets 5 0 57 32
Bowling average 28.40 - 28.71 26.46
5 wickets in innings - - 2 1
10 wickets in match - - – n/a
Best bowling 3/48 0 6/70 5/28
Catches/stumpings 7/- 2/- 33/0 44/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 September 2016

Danushka Gunathilaka (born Mashtayage Danushka Gunathilaka on 17 March 1991) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. He is the current opening batsman of Sri Lanka who plays with partner Kusal Perera.He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who plays for Colombo. He was born in Panadura. He studied at Mahanama College, Colombo 03.[1]

Early days

Gunathilleke made his cricketing debut in the 2007–08 Inter-Provincial Twenty20 tournament for Sri Lanka Schools, alongside fellow Colts Cricket Club player Kusal Perera.

Gunathilleke made his List A debut for Colombo Cricket Club against Sinhalese Sports Club in 2009–10, scoring a single run.

International career

He made his One Day International debut for Sri Lanka against the West Indies on 1 November 2015.[2]

After Kusal Perera dropped from the 2015-16 New Zealand tour due to drug scandal, Gunathilaka was included to the ODI squad for opening position with Tillakaratne Dilshan. His batting ability did not showed in the first two ODIs, but in the third ODI which was his only 4th international match, Gunathilake scored a fast and dashing 65 runs from 45 balls. The innings included 7 fours and 4 sixes and getting the match away from New Zealand. Sri Lanka won the match by 8 wickets and Gunathilake adjudged man of the match for his performance. [3]

During the same tour, he made his Twenty20 International debut for Sri Lanka against New Zealand on 7 January 2016.[4]

International awards

One Day Internationals

Man of the Match awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 New Zealand Saxton Oval, Nelson 31 December 2015 65 (45 balls: 6x4, 5x6)  Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Danushka Gunathilaka". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  2. ^ "West Indies tour of Sri Lanka, 1st ODI: Sri Lanka v West Indies at Colombo (RPS), Nov 1, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 1 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Sri Lanka tour of Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI: Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Saxton Oval, Dec 31, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. ESPNcricinfo. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand, 1st T20I: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Bay Oval, Jan 7, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  5. ^ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/914211.html

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danushka_Gunathilaka&oldid=737720485"