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Full name Handunnettige Deepthi Priyantha Kumar Dharmasena
Born April 24, 1971, Colombo
Current age 37 years 92 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club,Moratuwa Sports Club,Nondescripts Cricket Club
Playing role All-rounder
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Umpire
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
31
51
7
868
62*
19.72
2665
32.57
0
3
91
2
14
0
ODIs
141
87
33
1222
69*
22.62
1879
65.03
0
4
63
2
34
0
First-class
155
215
34
6568
157
36.28
9
37
78
0
List A
205
130
43
2243
94*
25.78
0
9
50
0
Twenty20
7
6
3
129
51*
43.00
107
120.56
0
1
11
4
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
31
53
6939
2920
69
6/72
8/183
42.31
2.52
100.5
1
3
0
ODIs
141
134
7009
4998
138
4/37
4/37
36.21
4.27
50.7
1
0
0
First-class
155
25552
10286
495
7/30
20.77
2.41
51.6
30
5
List A
205
9693+
6667
233
5/14
5/14
28.61
4.11*
41.9*
5
3
0
Twenty20
7
6
122
108
4
2/15
2/15
27.00
5.31
30.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), Sep 6-10, 1993 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, Mar 8-12, 2004 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS), Aug 24, 1994 scorecard
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS), Feb 25, 2004 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1988/89
Last First-class
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (Moors), Mar 3-6, 2006 scorecard
List A debut
1988/89
Last List A
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Nondescripts Cricket Club at Colombo (SSC), Dec 24, 2005 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Police Sports Club at Colombo (Colts), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Chilaw Marians Cricket Club at Moratuwa, Nov 5, 2005 scorecard
Profile
Dharmasena came into the international scene in 1994 against South Africa, aged 22. His quickish off spinners, delivered with a slightly unorthodox action, are invariably accurate making him an ideal one-day bowler, especially in Sri Lankan conditions. With time he has also developed into a useful middle order batsman, which has guaranteed him regular place in the Sri Lankan one-day squad. His career came to a standstill after the Oval Test in 1998, when the ICC questioned his bowling action. However, he was cleared to play again by the Sri Lankan cricket board in July 2000. Since then he has frequently played for the one-day team, especially during home matches, but has only played Test cricket sporadically. He retired from competitive cricket in November 2006 to pursue a career in umpiring.
Charlie Austin
