Hewawasam Gamage Dharshana Nayanakantha (born 2 March 1979), either spelt as Dharshana Nayanakantha or Dharshana Gamage, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer.[1] He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He studied at the Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa. He is currently serving as the assistant coach of Sri Lanka Emerging cricket team.[2][3][4]

Dharshana Gamage
Personal information
Full name
Hewawasam Gamage Dharshana Nayanakantha
Born (1979-03-02) 2 March 1979 (age 45)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 116)13 May 2003 v New Zealand
Last ODI11 June 2003 v West Indies
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 3 101 73 10
Runs scored 3 660 153 49
Batting average 3.00 7.50 5.66 16.33
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 2* 40 28 17*
Balls bowled 95 11,216 2894 193
Wickets 2 249 91 8
Bowling average 41.50 26.46 23.71 28.12
5 wickets in innings 0 6 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/26 5/37 4/14 2/16
Catches/stumpings 2/– 27/– 17/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 July 2021

Career

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He made his first-class debut playing for Sinhalese Sports Club in the 1998/99 Premier Trophy. He also played for Worcestershire as an overseas player in county cricket in England.

In April 2003, Dharshana received his maiden callup to the national team as he was surprisingly included in the squad as an injury replacement for Chaminda Vaas who was ruled out from the remainder of the Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup 2003.[5] However, he did not play in any of the matches. He made his ODI debut against New Zealand on 13 May 2003 at Dambulla during the 2003 Bank Alfalah Cup.[6]

He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Dharshana Gamage profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Head Coach Vaas optimistic of his rising stars". The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  3. ^ Ratnaweera, Dhammika. "Sri Lanka Emerging team champions". Daily News. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  4. ^ "SLC to hire Warnapura, Weerakoon, Sudarshana, Hettiarachchi as High Performance Coaches". Cricket Age. 26 December 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Chaminda Vaas forced out of Sharjah Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Full Scorecard of New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 3rd Match 2003 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  7. ^ "1st Round, Colombo, Aug 17 2004, Twenty-20 Tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
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