Players

Niroshan Dickwella

An attacking left-hand wicketkeeper-batsman, Niroshan Dickwella arrived in first-class cricket already having built some hype, in a stellar school cricket career. He won Sri Lanka's Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year award in 2012, having hit over 1000 runs in the previous season, and having led Trinity College to the national championship. Dickwella has become Nondescripts Cricket Club's regular wicketkeeper across all competitions, thanks in part to Dinesh Chandimal's long absences from domestic cricket, due to his presence in the national team. Since graduating to senior cricket, he has been particularly impressive in limited-overs cricket, hitting a memorable 104 off 91 balls in the final of the Inter-Provincial One-Day Tournament in 2013. Dickwella has also been a fixture in the Sri Lanka A team since 2013, and was called back from an A tour in England in July 2014, to take Chandimal's place in the national squad.

Full name Dickwella Patabendige Dilantha Niroshan Dickwella

Born June 23, 1993, Kandy

Current age 23 years 79 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Nondescripts Cricket Club,Southern Express, 

Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Under-19s,Sri Lanka Under-23s, Trinity College

Nickname Niro

Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Height 5 ft 9 in

Education Trinity College, Kandy.

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 Dinesh Chandimal

Full name Lokuge Dinesh Chandimal

Born November 18, 1989, Balapitiya

Current age 26 years 300 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Nondescripts Cricket Club,Rajasthan Royals, Ruhuna, 

Schools Invitation XI, Sri Lanka A,Sri Lanka Academy XI,

 Sri Lanka Board President's XI,Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI, 

Sri Lanka Under-17s,Sri Lanka Under-19s

Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

                                                           Fielding position Wicketkeeper

                                                           Height 5 ft 9 in

                                                           Education Ananda College, Colomboo                                                                  

Dinesh Chandimal is among the most promising young batsman going around in Sri Lankan cricket. A technically sound batsman with strokes all around the wicket, Chandimal also stands out because of the maturity he shows at the crease and his temperament to build and pace an innings.

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Angelo Mathews

A robust batting technique, nagging consistency with the ball, and athleticism in the field, all set off by an imperturbable temperament, have made Angelo Mathews one of Sri Lanka's most prized assets and a figure on which the team hangs many hopes. He has risen quickly since earning wide acclaim with an acrobatic save in the 2009 World Twenty20, and in February 2013, became Sri Lanka's youngest ever Test captain at 25, after having been groomed for the post for two years.

Full name Angelo Davis Mathews

Born June 2, 1987, Colombo

Current age 29 years 100 days

bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Majorteams Sri Lanka, Basnahira Greens,

 Basnahira North,Brothers Union, 

Colts Cricket Club, Combined Provinces,

Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders, 

Pune Warriors,Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Under-19s

Playing role Allrounder

Batting style Right-hand

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Tillakaratne Dilshan

With his relentless aggression, strong wrists and natural timing, Tillakaratne Dilshan is one of the most exciting batsmen in the game today. He is technically sound, but, much like Virender Sehwag, 

he uses the defensive option only as a last resort, after all the attacking alternatives have been explored. He loves to make room and thrash the ball through the off side, but the stroke that bears his signature more than any other is the one he developed for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 - the eponymously named "Dilscoop" shot over his head, which confounded bowlers and experts alike.

Full name Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan

Born October 14, 1976, Kalutara

Current age 39 years 332 days

Major 

teams Sri Lanka, Asia XI, Basnahira South,Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club,

 Delhi Daredevils,Guyana Amazon Warriors, Kalutara Town Club,

 Karachi Kings,Northern Districts, Royal Challengers Bangalore,

Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club, Singha Sports Club,Surrey, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club

Also known as Tuwan Mohamad Dilshan

Playing role Allrounder

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Fielding position Wicketkeeper

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Sachithra Senanayake

Sachithra Senanayake is an offspinner who made his international debut for Sri Lanka in the fourth ODI in the series against South Africa in 2011-12. At the time of making his international debut, Senanayake had already taken 297 first-class wickets from 59 matches at a fantastic average of 

20.50, and 107 List A wickets at an economy rate of 3.90. In the 2010-11 season, he was the fourth-highest wicket-taker in Tier A of the Premier League tournament, taking 45 wickets in eight matches at 15.17. He has also shown that he can handle the pressure of limited-over matches: in the 2011-12 Premier Limited-Over tournament, Sri Lanka's main one-day competition, he was the highest wicket-taker with 16 in six games at 11.18.

Major teams Sri Lanka, Basnahira Greens, Brothers Union,Kolkata Knight Riders, Ruhuna, Sinhalese Sports

 Club,

Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Board President's XI

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Height 6 ft 0 in

Education Ananda College

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Amila Aponso

 

An accurate left-arm spinner for Ragama Cricket Club, Amila Aponso emerged as one of Sri Lanka's better finger-spinning prospects, after successful first-class seasons in 2015 and 2016. A graduateof St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa, Aponso began his first-class career at Colts Cricket Club, but it was at Ragama that he rose to prominence. He claimed 31 first-class wickets at an average of 20.9 in the 2015 season, and was rewarded with a place in the Sri Lanka A squad to New Zealand, later that year.

                              

Full name Malmeege Amila Aponso

Born June 23, 1993, Colombo

Current age 23 years 79 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Ragama Cricket Club, Sri Lanka A,Sri Lanka Emerging Team, Sri Lanka Under-19s,Sri Lanka

 Under-23s,

St. Sebastian College

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Education St. Sebastians College, Moratuwa

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Lasith Malinga

One of the great limited-overs bowlers in his pomp, Lasith Malinga gained a reputation for delivering searing inswinging yorkers from a round-arm action as destructive as it was distinctive. That yorker, a deceptive slower ball, and an excellent bouncer formed the body of Malinga's menace, while the action made his deliveries hard to pick up. All that ability was also set off by street smarts; Malinga was rarely shy to switch up plans, and reshuffle fields. Even when batsmen thought they knew what was about to come, Malinga retained the capacity to surprise.

Full name Separamadu Lasith Malinga

Born August 28, 1983, Galle

Current age 33 years 13 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, BCCSL Academy XI,Galle Cricket Club, 

Guyana Amazon Warriors,Jamaica Tallawahs, Kent, Melbourne Stars, 

Mumbai Indians,Nondescripts Cricket Club, Ruhuna, Ruhuna Reds,Ruhuna Royals, Southern Express

Also known as Separamadu Lasith Malinga Swarnajith

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast 

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Dushmantha Chameera

Full name Pathira Vasan Dushmantha Chameera

Born January 11, 1992, Ragama

Current age 24 years 243 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Nagenahira Nagas,Nondescripts Cricket Club, 

Sri Lanka A

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast

Height 6 ft 0 in

Education Maris Stella College

                                                                     

Tall, slim and slippery, Dushmantha Chameera arrived at NCC in 2012, and was quickly marked out as a bowler for the future. First among his virtues is pace, generated from a slightly round-arm action that sacrifices movement. Capable of consistently hitting speeds of over 140 kph, coaches believe he had become the quickest bowler in the country by 23. He had played only a handful of games in his first two seasons, but came into his own in NCC's 2013-14 championship run, claiming 32 first-class cricket at 21.18.

Chameera's earned a place in Sri Lanka's Test squad to New Zealand at the end of 2014, but did not play

 a Test, despite a strong showing in the tour match. He was a late entry into the ODI squad for the same 

tour, and made his international debut in Wellington, and claimed the wicket of Ross Taylor with a 146kph 

delivery in his first over.

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Kumar Sangakkara

   Full name Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara

  Born October 27, 1977, Matale

   Current age 38 years 319 days

    Major teams Sri Lanka, Asia XI, Central Province,

    Colombo District Cricket Association, Deccan Chargers,Durham,

    Hobart Hurricanes, ICC World XI,

    Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman

    Batting style Left-hand bat

    Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

    Fielding position Wicketkeeper

As soon as he broke into the side at the age of 22, while a law student, it was apparent that Kumar Sangakkara was destined for more than just batting stardom. The left-handers that had preceded him, like Arjuna Ranatunga and Asanka Gurusinha, had been pugnacious battlers but Sangakkara was cut from more graceful cloth, easing into strokes with the elegance often associated withthose that play with the 'other' hand. The cut and the pull came naturally to him and with growing confidence, he became a more assured front-foot player as well.

Ranatunga had already exploded the myth of the Sri Lankans being meek men who could be bullied, but Sangakkara has refined the belligerence, combining a suave exterior with cutting asides and sharp sledges from behind the stumps. Initially, his glovework wasn't for the purists, but such was his batting ability that there was no question of displacing him from the XI.

As a batsman, he has matured steadily, and the appetite for runs was best illustrated at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo in 2006, when he and Mahela Jayawardene, captain and close friend, added 624 against a South African attack boasting Dale Steyn and Makhaya Ntini. Sangakkara contributed 287 and did his burgeoning reputation no harm a year later when he went to Hobart and scored a dazzling 192 in a close defeat. By then, he already had a half-century in a World Cup final to his name, and long before Jayawardene relinquished the captaincy, it was understood that Sangakkara would be the anointed one.

He has been far less relentless in the one-day arena, often throwing his wicket away when well set, but his leadership qualities have made him a sought-after signing in the Indian Premier League. With the captain's burden on his shoulders, he no longer keeps in Test matches, but the smart-alec remarks from behind the stumps are a common feature of every game that Sri Lanka plays in coloured clothes. Although leadership drew the best from him as a batsman, he remains a voracious no. 3 in all forms despite having relinquished the reins in 2011. Sangakkara won the top prize at 2012's ICC awards, in addition to the award for Test Cricketer of the Year and the People's Choice award for the second year running. Later that year he confirmed himself among batting's modern greats, by becoming the equal fastest man to 10,000 Test runs alongside Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, with the biggest Test crowd Sri Lanka had ever played for in audience, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.umar Chokshanada Sangakkara.

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