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Dilhara Lokuhettige

Sri Lanka

Full name Loku Hettige Danushka Dilhara

Born July 3, 1980, Colombo

Current age 29 years 142 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Antonians Sports Club, Galle Cricket Club, Moors Sports Club, Ruhuna, Uva Province

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
ODIs	8	8	0	77	29	9.62	85	90.58	0	0	8	4	3
T20Is	2	1	1	18	18*	-	9	200.00	0	0	0	1	0
First-class	96	150	12	3373	211	24.44			3	11			55
List A	95	87	9	1653	93	21.19			0	6			35
Twenty20	21	18	2	205	53	12.81			0	1			7

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
ODIs	8	7	282	221	6	2/30	2/30	36.83	4.70	47.0	0	0
T20Is	2	2	30	30	2	2/6	2/6	15.00	6.00	15.0	0	0
First-class	96		11185	5905	229	7/64		25.78	3.16	48.8		7
List A	95		3143	2334	75	4/65	4/65	31.12	4.45	41.9	1	0
Twenty20	21	16	273	351	10	2/6	2/6	35.10	7.71	27.3	0	0

Career statistics

ODI debut	Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Jul 30, 2005 scorecard
Last ODI	India v Sri Lanka at Vadodara, Nov 12, 2005 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at King City (NW), Oct 10, 2008 scorecard
Last T20I	Canada v Sri Lanka at King City (NW), Oct 12, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	2000/01
Last First-class	Ragama Cricket Club v Moors Sports Club at Colombo (Moors), Nov 13-15, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	2000/01
Last List A	Moors Sports Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (Moors), Nov 4, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Moors Sports Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Ruhuna v Wayamba at Colombo (SSC), Apr 4, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Dilhara Lokuhettige is one of the first Sri Lankan cricketers to be labeled a Twenty20 specialist. His reputation as a dangerous Twenty20 player has been built on his powerful batting - as a pinch-hitter or lower order batsman - coupled with his bustling seam bowling.

As a schoolboy, Lokuhettige captained Asoka Vidyalaya in Colombo from the Under-13 age group up to the First XI. He got his first major break towards earning a national cap when he joined Bloomfield in 1999 and met Ruchira Palliyaguru, the club's fast bowler, who recommended him to the Sri Lanka Cricket fast-bowling academy. There he came under the watchful eyes of Champaka Ramanayake, the head of the academy. Lokuhettige played one season for Antonians SC and then joined Galle CC where Ramanayake was also the coach. Lokuhettige got his international break in 2005 during the Indian Oil Cup but a side strain ruled him out of the following tours to New Zealand and Australia.

Lokuhettige is not an express fast bowler but he is accurate and can swing the ball both ways. He is a hard-hitting batsmen too, with his favourite stroke being the lofted drive. Sri Lanka's selectors started to eye him as a possible Twenty20 specialist in 2007 when he was called up to the 20-man training pool for the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa. He also has a reputation for being a match-winner in six-a-side cricket, having played four times in the Hong Kong Sixes. In 2007 he played a crucial role in helping Sri Lanka win the tournament, smashing 30 in an over during the semi-final against New Zealand. Earlier in 2008 he excelled during the inaugural Provincial Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka and also gained experienced playing club cricket in England. Lokuhettige was called up for Sri Lanka's Twenty20 squad in September 2008.
Sa'adi Thawfeeq October 2008