Suranga Lakmal

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Suranga Lakmal
Personal information
Full name Ranasinghe Arachchige Suranga Lakmal
Born (1987-03-10) 10 March 1987 (age 37)
Matara, Sri Lanka
Nickname Suraa
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Batting style Right-handed batsman
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Role Bowler
Relations Dilani Chalanika (wife)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 114) 23–27 November 2010 v West Indies
Last Test 27–30 May 2016 v England
ODI debut (cap 140) 18 December 2009 v India
Last ODI 26 December 2015 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no. 82
T20I debut (cap 37) 25 June 2011 v England
Last T20I 7 January 2016 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years Team
2007–present Tamil Union
2007–present Bashnahira South
Matara Sports Club
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI T20I FC
Matches 27 42 5 74
Runs scored 207 29 1 578
Batting average 7.96 4.14 - 9.17
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 -/- 0/1
Top score 23 8 1* 58*
Balls bowled 4,964 1,908 108 10,667
Wickets 56 59 5 188
Bowling average 49.62 30.11 32.20 34.76
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 4
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/78 4/30 2/26 6/68
Catches/stumpings 7/– 9/– 2/- 24/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 May 2016

Ranasinghe Arachchige Suranga Lakmal (born 10 March 1987 in Matara), commonly Suranga Lakmal, is a professional Sri Lankan international cricketer. He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler and right-handed batsman. He was first included in the national squad for the tour of Pakistan in 2008-2009[1] and was reported to have been injured in the attack on the Sri Lankan team by terrorists. He currently plays for the Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club.[1][2]

School times

Lakmal studied at Debarawewa Madya Maha Vidyalaya in Hambantota District, before moving to Richmond College, Galle.

International career

Lakmal was called up as a replacement for Dilhara Fernando in India in December 2009 and he made his ODI debut in the second match in Nagpur, where he bowled eight wicketless overs for 58 runs before Sri Lanka won by three wickets.[3] He made his Test debut on November 23, 2010 against the West Indies in the second Test match played at the R. Premadasa Stadium, becoming the 114th Sri Lankan Test player.[4]

Lakmal is also the first cricketer from Hambantota District to represent the national cricket team of Sri Lanka.[5]

Milestones

Tests

Wicket No. Batsman How Out Ground Year
1  Chris Gayle (WIN) Caught (A Mathews) R Premadasa Stadium 2010
50  Ahmed Shehzad (PAK) bowled Pallekele Cricket Stadium 2015

ODIs

Wicket No. Batsman How Out Ground Year
1  Virender Sehwag (IND) Caught (T Dilshan) Eden Gardens 2009
50  Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN) bowled Melbourne Cricket Ground 2015

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