Pramodya Wickramasinghe

Pramodya Wickramasinghe

Cricket information
Batting	Right-hand bat
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs Matches 40 134 Runs scored 555 344 Batting average 9.40 8.59 100s/50s -/1 -/- Top score 51 32 Balls bowled 7260 5720 Wickets 85 109 Bowling average 41.87 39.64 5 wickets in innings 3 – 10 wickets in match – n/a Best bowling 6/60 4/48 Catches/stumpings 18/- 26/-
Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2006

Gallage Pramodya Wickramasinghe, commonly known as Pramodya Wickramasinghe (born August 14, 1971 in Matara) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-hand medium-fast bowler.

Gentle in pace, but deadly in accuracy, he played his club cricket for the Sinhalese Sports Club. He became internationally known in 1989 after the Youth Asia Cup Championship, and toured England in 1991. In 1992 he managed for the first time to take all ten wickets in a single innings, finishing 10 for 41 against Kalutara.

He represented Sri Lanka in the 1992, 1996 and 1999 World Cup tournaments.

Though playing steadily from then on until 2000, he found himself in need of a shoulder operation which more-or-less ended his career, as from then on he found it difficult to find a place for himself within the side.

Career highlights

Test cricket

• Debut: 1st Test, Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan, Sialkot, December 1991.
• Last Test: 3rd Test, Sri Lanka vs. South Africa, Centurion, January 2001.
• Best bowling (innings): 6–60 vs. Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, November 1999.

One-day internationals

• Debut: Asia Cup, Game 3, Sri Lanka vs. Bangladesh, Calcutta, December 1990.
• Last ODI: NatWest Series, Game 7, Sri Lanka vs. England, Manchester, July 2002.
• Best bowling: 4–48 vs. Pakistan, Jamshedpur, March 1999.

External links

• Pramodya Wickramasinghe Cricinfo Profile