Lahiru Madushanka

Lahiru Madushanka
ළහිරු මධුෂංක
Personal information
Full name Lahiru Dilshan Madushanka
Born (1992-09-12) 12 September 1992
Elahera, North Central Province, Sri Lanka
Nickname Lahiya
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium-fast
Role Allrounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 179) 4 February 2017 v South Africa
Last ODI 30 June 2017 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no. 45
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017- Colombo Cricket Club
2015-2016 Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
2013 Uva Next
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 4 45 48 25
Runs scored 14 1,534 471 185
Batting average 4.66 31.30 18.84 13.21
100s/50s -/- 2/7 –/– –/–
Top score 7 164 49* 41*
Balls bowled 144 3,645 1,306 425
Wickets 4 60 43 23
Bowling average 43.00 34.31 23.97 24.26
5 wickets in innings 0 1 – –
10 wickets in match 0 – – –
Best bowling 2/70 5/43 3/8 4/15
Catches/stumpings 0/– 30/– 18/– 15/–
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

  1. ↑ "India take title in low-scoring thriller". ESPNcricinfo. 9 October 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "India U-19s continue to dominate". ESPNcricinfo. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "India Under-19s continue winning spree". ESPNcricinfo. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Minnows suffer big defeats". ESPNcricinfo. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Contrasting wins for Sri Lanka, West Indies". ESPNcricinfo. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "SRI LANKA A TOUR OF NEW tEALAND, 2015/16". ESPNcricnfo. October 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Tharanga to lead Sri Lanka in ODIs against South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 3rd ODI: South Africa v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, Feb 4, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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