Lahiru Madushanka

Lahiru Madushanka
Personal information
Full name Lahiru Dilshan Madushanka
Born (1992-09-12) 12 September 1992
Elahera, North Central Province, Sri Lanka
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Role Allrounder
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 27 27 17
Runs scored 870 233 125
Batting average 30.00 17.92 12.50
100s/50s 1/3 –/– –/–
Top score 130 46 41*
Balls bowled 1676 759 305
Wickets 24 25 12
Bowling average 38.95 24.24 33.58
5 wickets in innings 0 – –
10 wickets in match – – –
Best bowling 4/48 3/8 3/8
Catches/stumpings 19/– 10/– 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 June 2016

Lahiru Madushanka (born 12 September 1992), is a Sri Lankan First Class left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Elahera, Polonnaruwa.

He is a old Thomian of St. Thomas' College, Matale. 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]

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 Zealand 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]

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 Zealand - Tour match ; NZC Winter Training Squad v Sri Lanka A". ESPNcricinfo. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "SRI LANKA A TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND, 2015/16". ESPNcricnfo. October 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

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