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Full name Dihan Avishka Gunawardene
Born May 26, 1977, Colombo
Current age 31 years 59 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Basnahira North,Delhi Giants,Nondescripts Cricket Club,Sinhalese Sports Club
Batting style Left-hand bat
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
6
11
0
181
43
16.45
323
56.03
0
0
33
0
2
0
ODIs
61
61
1
1708
132
28.46
2389
71.49
1
12
210
5
13
0
First-class
127
198
10
6660
209
35.42
12
40
67
0
List A
183
182
4
5355
132
30.08
6
35
45
0
Twenty20
6
6
1
85
29*
17.00
77
110.38
0
0
11
2
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
61
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
127
18
28
0
-
-
-
9.33
-
0
0
0
List A
183
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-
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-
-
-
-
-
-
Twenty20
6
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-
-
-
-
-
-
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Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Mar 4-8, 1999 scorecard
Last Test
India v Sri Lanka at Delhi, Dec 10-14, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Colombo (SSC), Jan 26, 1998 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Jan 3, 2006 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1996/97
Last First-class
Sinhalese Sports Club v Nondescripts Cricket Club at Colombo (SSC), Feb 7-10, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1996/97
Last List A
Basnahira North v Basnahira South at Colombo (SSC), Jan 8, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Burgher Recreation Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Sinhalese Sports Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (CCC), Mar 1, 2007 scorecard
Profile
An explosive left-hand opener in the mould of Sanath Jayasuriya, Gunawardene lives on the wild side. He first made headlines at the Commonwealth Games in 1998, scoring a century and top-scoring in the semi-final defeat to South Africa. A few months later, deputising for Jayasuriya, he smashed 145 off 20 overs with Kaluwitharana in an audacious attempt to reach 311 against Australia at Melbourne. He scored a career-best 132 against West Indies in the ICC Knockout in 2000. But impetuous dismissals and inconsistency prevented him from securing a regular berth. However, the appointment of a new selection committee in 2004 paved the way for his recall and he leapfrogged ahead of other fringe players. An opportunity finally came when Atapattu was rested in the Asia Cup and he grabbed his chance with an important half-century. Gunawardene was called up for Sri Lanka's Test squad to India in November 2005 but did nothing of note in the two matches he had handed. He also travelled with the one-day squad to New Zealand in the new year but failed in the one game he played. In September 2007 Gunawardene joined the unofficial Indian Cricket League, effectively ending his international career.
Charlie Austin (March 2008)
