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Cricket World Cup Teams - Sri Lanka
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Full name Dihan Avishka Gunawardene
Born May 26, 1977, Colombo
Current age 28 years 49 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Sinhalese Sports
Club
Batting style Left-hand bat
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
st
Tests 4 8 0 143 43 17.87 224 63.83 0 0 25 0 1 0
ODIs 59 59 1 1653 132 28.50 2311 71.52 1 11 204 5 13 0
First-class 98 157 10 4997 209 33.99 8 30 58 0
List A 145 145 2 4280 132 29.93 5 27 33 0
Twenty-20 1 1 0 20 20 20.00 14 142.85 0 0 1 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 4 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
ODIs 59 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
First-class 98 18 28 0 - - - 9.33 - 0 0 0
List A 145 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
Twenty-20 1 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
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Test debut Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lahore - Mar 4-8, 1999 scorecard
Last Test Sri Lanka v Australia at Kandy - Mar 16-20, 2004 scorecard
ODI debut Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Colombo (SSC) - Jan 26, 1998
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Last ODI Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi - Oct 6, 2004 scorecard
First-class span 1996/97 - 2005
List A span 1996/97 - 2005
Twenty-20 span 2004
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
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