Lahiru Madushanka
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| Full name | Lahiru Dilshan Madushanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 September 1992 Elahera, North Central Province, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Lahiya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Allrounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 179) | 4 February 2017 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 30 June 2017 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017- | Colombo Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-2016 | Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Uva Next | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 June 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lahiru Dilshan Madushanka (born 12 September 1992), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays for One Day Internationals. A handy right handed batsman, Madushanka bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Elahera, Polonnaruwa. He is an old Thomian of St. Thomas' College, Matale.
Early career
After playing for the school matches, he has picked to the under-19 cricket team for the Quadrangular Under-19 Series in 2011. He showed immense talent within the series, where his knock of 63 and 4 for 17 runs against India U-19, produced only in the losing side with just 5 runs short. Within the series, against Australia U-19s, Lahiru scored an unbeaten 56 runs, giving the team total of 225. Australia finally lost the match by 86 runs.[1][2][3]
Domestic career
On 2012, Lahiru was picked to the Under-19 World Cup 2012. The first match for Sri Lanka was against Namibia U-19s, where Lahiru was able to pick up 4 for 15 runs. The match was eventually won by Sri Lanka with 195 runs.[4] He took 6 wickets for 24 runs against Ireland U-19 team, where Sri Lanka won the match by 109 runs.[5]
On 2015 cricket season, Lahiru played for the Bloomfield in SLC Twenty20 Tournament 2015. He scored his highest T20 score of 41* runs against Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club.[6]
Madushanka was included to the Sri Lanka A team for the tour in New tealand and played the second unofficial ODI. He took 2 wickets for 57 runs and Sri Lanka won the match by 7 wickets finally. However, he didn't include for the rest of the matches and Sri Lanka A finally lost the series to 3-2.[7][8]
In April 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[9] In August 2018, he was named in Colombo's sqaud the 2018 SLC T20 League.[10]
International career
In January 2017 he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against South Africa.[11] He made his ODI debut on 4 February 2017 against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. He was dismissed for a duck, but took his first international wicket in his first over, by dismissing Faf du Plessis for 24 runs.[12] In the series, Madushanka took the wicket of du Plessis in all three times in last three games.
See also
References
- ^ "India take title in low-scoring thriller". ESPNcricinfo. 9 October 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "India U-19s continue to dominate". ESPNcricinfo. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "India Under-19s continue winning spree". ESPNcricinfo. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Minnows suffer big defeats". ESPNcricinfo. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Contrasting wins for Sri Lanka, West Indies". ESPNcricinfo. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "SLC Twenty-20 Tournament - Group B ; Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club". ESPNcricinfo. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Sri Lanka A tour of New tealand - Tour match ; NtC Winter Training Squad v Sri Lanka A". ESPNcricinfo. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "SRI LANKA A TOUR OF NEW tEALAND, 2015/16". ESPNcricnfo. October 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Tharanga to lead Sri Lanka in ODIs against South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ "Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 3rd ODI: South Africa v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, Feb 4, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 February 2017.