Dilruwan Perera
Full name Mahawaduge Dilruwan Kamalaneth Perera
Born July 22, 1982, Panadura
Current age 26 years 350 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Basnahira South, Colts Cricket Club, Panadura Sports Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 4 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 30 | 11.00 | 77 | 57.14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 96 | 164 | 10 | 3739 | 134 | 24.27 | 3 | 14 | 82 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 86 | 84 | 0 | 1558 | 74 | 18.54 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 244 | 33 | 13.55 | 216 | 112.96 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 4 | 2 | 42 | 28 | 1 | 1/17 | 1/17 | 28.00 | 4.00 | 42.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 96 | 14430 | 7062 | 269 | 7/71 | 26.25 | 2.93 | 53.6 | 11 | 0 | |||
| List A | 86 | 3076 | 2051 | 67 | 5/26 | 5/26 | 30.61 | 4.00 | 45.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 19 | 17 | 336 | 341 | 14 | 2/19 | 2/19 | 24.35 | 6.08 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODI debut | Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (RPS), Oct 13, 2007 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Feb 29, 2008 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class debut | 2000/01 |
| Last First-class | Basnahira South v Basnahira North at Colombo (RPS), Feb 26-Mar 1, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 2000/01 |
| Last List A | Colts Cricket Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (Colts), Jan 14, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Chilaw Marians Cricket Club v Galle Cricket Club at Colombo (Police), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Basnahira South v Wayamba at Colombo (SSC), Apr 5, 2009 scorecard |
Dilruwan Perera has made rapid progress since starting his career at Sri Sumangala College Panadura. He toured Australia with the Sri Lanka Under-19 team and, after he made his first-class debut for Panadura SC, was drafted into the A side in 2001. He played one season for Chilaw Marians Cricket Club and holds the bowling record for the Under-23s with 55 wickets from seven matches in 2004.
Perera's offbreaks and the arm-ball, which he uses to good effect, brought him his best bowling figures - seven wickets in an innings for Panadura SC v Galle CC in 2005 and was selected for Sri Lanka A's tour of England in 2007. On the advice of Muttiah Muralitharan - who he counts among his idols alongside Saqlain Mushtaq - he does "spot bowling" for at least an hour every day to perfect his skills. He has benefited immensely from being a member of the Sri Lanka Spin Academy where he came under the coaching of two former offspinners, Ashley Mallett of Australia and Ruwan Kalpage, the Sri Lankan.
Perera earned a call-up to Sri Lanka's squad for the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa after Muralitharan was ruled out due to injury. He made his ODI debut in the CB Series in Australia and was named in the 30-member probables for the Champions Trophy.
- Kandamby to lead Sri Lanka A (Aug 10, 2008)
- Sri Lanka opt for pace in one-day squad (Jan 14, 2008)
- Bloomfield fall to first defeat in thriller (Nov 27, 2007)
- Sri Lanka A complete cleansweep (Nov 1, 2007)
- Sri Lanka A gain the upper hand (Oct 17, 2007)
Feb 29, 2008
Brett Lee struck early for Australia by trapping Dilruwan Perera leg before
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Feb 29, 2008
Brett Lee helps Dilruwan Perera to his feet after the latter had tripped over
© AFP
Feb 26, 2008
Dilruwan Perera is cleaned up by Ishant Sharma
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