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Full name Materba Kanatha Gamage Chamila Premanath Lakshitha
Born January 4, 1979, Unawatuna
Current age 29 years 202 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club
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
2
3
0
42
40
14.00
50
84.00
0
0
8
0
1
0
ODIs
7
2
1
7
4
7.00
12
58.33
0
0
0
0
0
0
First-class
83
128
24
1454
45
13.98
0
0
30
0
List A
45
39
8
359
52*
11.58
602
59.63
0
1
7
0
Twenty20
3
2
1
9
5*
9.00
19
47.36
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
4
288
158
5
2/33
3/81
31.60
3.29
57.6
0
0
0
ODIs
7
7
300
254
8
2/34
2/34
31.75
5.08
37.5
0
0
0
First-class
83
12882
6513
341
7/23
19.09
3.03
37.7
21
3
List A
45
2258
1478
69
4/30
4/30
21.42
3.92
32.7
2
0
0
Twenty20
3
3
60
59
4
2/25
2/25
14.75
5.90
15.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (SSC), Jul 28-31, 2002 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, Nov 15-19, 2002 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (SSC), Aug 4, 2002 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Jan 21, 2003 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
2000/01
Last First-class
Lankan Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club at Katunayake, Mar 21-23, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2001/02
Last List A
Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club v Panadura Sports Club at Colombo (Riffle), Dec 9, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Colts Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club at Colombo (Moors), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Nondescripts Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Oct 16, 2005 scorecard
Profile
Chamila Gamage Lakshitha, a right-arm medium fast bowler who swings the ball into right-handers, burst onto the international scene with a wicket off his very first delivery in Test cricket. Given a chance to press for a place after Sri Lanka's disappointing tour of England, the 23-year-old, a product of the BCCSL's Fast Bowling Unit, who works for the Air Force, went onto to impress in that Bangladesh Test and was selected to play all three ODI's that followed. Further good performances during Sri Lanka A's tour of Pakistan ensured his place in the South Africa tour party. Also showed some promise with the bat in his debut Test, scoring 40 from just 46 balls at number eleven.
(30.11.2002)
