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Dhammika Prasad

Dhammika Prasad
ධම්මික ප්‍රසාද්
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Personal information
Full name Kariyawasam Tirana Gamage Dhammika Prasad
Born (1983-05-30) 30 May 1983 (age 33)
Ragama, Sri Lanka
Nickname Dammi
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 110) 8 August 2008 v India
Last Test 22 October 2015 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 130) 25 February 2006 v Bangladesh
Last ODI 25 January 2015 v New Zealand
Only T20I (cap 6) 6 August 2011 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
2002/03–present Sinhalese Sports Club
Basnahira North
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA
Matches 25 24 1 91
Runs scored 476 129 - 474
Batting average 12.86 21.50 - 14.81
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 47 31* - 31*
Balls bowled 4,327 1015 18 3,785
Wickets 75 32 0 115
Bowling average 35.97 30.50 - 27.49
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 5/50 3/17 - 4/39
Catches/stumpings 6/– 1/– 0/– 15/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 October 2015

Kariyawasam Tirana Gamage Dhammika Prasad (born 30 May 1983 in Ragama), or simply Dhammika Prasad, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays all forms of the game. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He has represented Sri Lanka in Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 cricket and played domestic cricket for the Sinhalese Sports Club and Basnahira North.

Prasad continuously dropped from the squads due to many injuries to ankle, back, hamstrings and did not play any cricket after West Indies tour in 2015.

Having begun playing cricket as a top-order batsman, Prasad became a fast bowler in his late teens and played in the 2002 Under-19 World Cup.

In February 2006, he was called up to Sri Lanka's ODI and Test squads for a tour of Bangladesh after bowling at an average of less than 23 runs per wicket in domestic first class cricket. He made his ODI debut on the tour, taking 2/29 in a 78-run win over Bangladesh in Chittagong.

Prasad's international career was subsequently affected by a back injury. He had to wait until August 2008 to make his Test debut, taking five wickets over both innings of the third Test of India's tour of Sri Lanka, including those of Sachin Tendulkar, who Prasad said was his favourite player, Rahul Dravid, and Virender Sehwag. He played Test cricket sporadically over the following seasons. He took four wickets in the first Test of Sri Lanka's tour of Bangladesh in December 2008, but was dropped for the second Test.


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