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Kumar Dharmasena
Sri Lanka
Player profile
Full name Handunnettige Deepthi Priyantha Kumar Dharmasena
Born April 24, 1971, Colombo
Current age 37 years 93 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Moratuwa Sports Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club
Playing role All-rounder
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Umpire
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
31 |
51 |
7 |
868 |
62* |
19.72 |
2665 |
32.57 |
0 |
3 |
91 |
2 |
14 |
0 |
| ODIs |
141 |
87 |
33 |
1222 |
69* |
22.62 |
1879 |
65.03 |
0 |
4 |
63 |
2 |
34 |
0 |
| First-class |
155 |
215 |
34 |
6568 |
157 |
36.28 |
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9 |
37 |
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78 |
0 |
| List A |
205 |
130 |
43 |
2243 |
94* |
25.78 |
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0 |
9 |
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50 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
7 |
6 |
3 |
129 |
51* |
43.00 |
107 |
120.56 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
31 |
53 |
6939 |
2920 |
69 |
6/72 |
8/183 |
42.31 |
2.52 |
100.5 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
| ODIs |
141 |
134 |
7009 |
4998 |
138 |
4/37 |
4/37 |
36.21 |
4.27 |
50.7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
155 |
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25552 |
10286 |
495 |
7/30 |
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20.77 |
2.41 |
51.6 |
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30 |
5 |
| List A |
205 |
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9693+ |
6667 |
233 |
5/14 |
5/14 |
28.61 |
4.11* |
41.9* |
5 |
3 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
7 |
6 |
122 |
108 |
4 |
2/15 |
2/15 |
27.00 |
5.31 |
30.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), Sep 6-10, 1993 scorecard |
| Last Test |
Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, Mar 8-12, 2004 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS), Aug 24, 1994 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS), Feb 25, 2004 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class debut |
1988/89 |
| Last First-class |
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (Moors), Mar 3-6, 2006 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1988/89 |
| Last List A |
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Nondescripts Cricket Club at Colombo (SSC), Dec 24, 2005 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Police Sports Club at Colombo (Colts), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Chilaw Marians Cricket Club at Moratuwa, Nov 5, 2005 scorecard |
Dharmasena came into the international scene in 1994 against South Africa, aged 22. His quickish off spinners, delivered with a slightly unorthodox action, are invariably accurate making him an ideal one-day bowler, especially in Sri Lankan conditions. With time he has also developed into a useful middle order batsman, which has guaranteed him regular place in the Sri Lankan one-day squad. His career came to a standstill after the Oval Test in 1998, when the ICC questioned his bowling action. However, he was cleared to play again by the Sri Lankan cricket board in July 2000. Since then he has frequently played for the one-day team, especially during home matches, but has only played Test cricket sporadically. He retired from competitive cricket in November 2006 to pursue a career in umpiring.
Charlie Austin
Nov 3, 2004 |
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Kumar Dharmasena
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Dec 9, 2001 |
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Chaminda Vaas celebrates with skipper Jayasuriya and other teammates the dismissal of another Zimbabwe batsmen
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Oct 19, 2001 |
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Portrait of Kumar Dharmasena, 2001
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