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Full name Kariyawasam Tirana Gamage Dammika Prasad
Born May 30, 1983, Ragama
Current age 25 years 129 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Basnahira North,De Mazenod College,Sinhalese Sports Club,Sri Lanka A,Sri Lanka Schools XI
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
1
1
0
36
36
36.00
56
64.28
0
0
5
0
0
0
ODIs
3
1
0
8
8
8.00
11
72.72
0
0
0
0
0
0
First-class
42
46
6
719
89
17.97
1193
60.26
0
5
11
0
List A
48
23
7
240
31
15.00
0
0
8
0
Twenty20
4
4
1
14
9
4.66
22
63.63
0
0
1
0
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
1
2
168
142
5
3/82
5/142
28.40
5.07
33.6
0
0
0
ODIs
3
3
126
116
3
2/29
2/29
38.66
5.52
42.0
0
0
0
First-class
42
5434
3342
134
6/25
24.94
3.69
40.5
9
3
1
List A
48
1899
1432
56
4/39
4/39
25.57
4.52
33.9
1
0
0
Twenty20
4
3
42
49
3
2/18
2/18
16.33
7.00
14.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Only Test
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 8-11, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chittagong (CDS), Feb 25, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (SSC), Mar 22, 2006 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
2001/02
Last First-class
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 8-11, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2002/03
Last List A
Basnahira North v Basnahira South at Colombo (SSC), Jan 8, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Sinhalese Sports Club v Nondescripts Cricket Club at Colombo (CCC), Feb 28, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Basnahira North v Ruhuna at Kurunegala, Apr 30, 2008 scorecard
Profile
A promising career with the national team looked certain when Dammika Prasad took two wickets in as many balls in his first over of his ODI debut against Bangladesh in 2006. He went on to play two more matches before his career was cut short by a back injury which kept him out of the game for six months. Having recovered, he was selected for the Sri Lanka A tour to England in 2007 where he hoped to perform well and regain his place in the national team. What may have helped him in this quest was his ability to bowl at the death in ODIs, having worked hard to develop subtle variations including a good yorker. Consistent performances on the domestic front earned him a first Test cap against India in August 2008 as Sri Lanka sought to add pace to their attack. He did not disappoint, taking five wickets in the match, including the wicket of India's best batsman, Virender Sehwag, in both innings.
Interestingly, Prasad started his cricket at De Mazenod College, Kandana, as a No.3 batsman. He played in this position till he reached 17 when he was forced to switch
over to bowling fast because the school could not find anyone suitable to bowl with the new ball. He was selected for the Under-19 World Cup in 2002 and his performance paid off when he won a six-month scholarship to play in England. Prasad's best bowling effort was in the now-defunct provincial tournament when he took six wickets for 25 (match bag ten wickets) for Southern Province against Uva Province at the Galle International Stadium in 2004. Sa'adi Thawfeeq August 2008
