Dilruwan Perera
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| Full name | Mahawaduge Dilruwan Kamalaneth Perera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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22 July 1982 Panadura, Sri Lanka |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right arm off spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 126) | 17 January 2014 v Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 15 March 2017 v Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 133) | 13 October 2007 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 1 April 2017 v Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 40) | 6 August 2011 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 25 November 2011 v Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000/01–03/04 | Panadura Sports Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004/05 | Chilaw Marians Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005/06–06/07 | Panadura Sports Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007/08–present | Colts Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 1 April 2017
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Mahawaduge Dilruwan Kamalaneth Perera (born July 22, 1982, Panadura), or Dilruwan Perera, (Sinhalese: දිල්රුවන් පෙරේරා) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who currently plays for Tests and ODIs. He plays domestically for the Colts Cricket Club. An allrounder, Perera is a right-arm offbreak bowler and right-handed batsman. He is the quickest Sri Lankan bowler to reach 50 Test wickets.
In 2004 he represented Sri Lanka at the Hong Kong Sixes competition.
On 13 October 2007 Perera made his ODI debut against England in Colombo. Opening the batting, he scored 30.
On 16 January 2014 he made his test debut against Pakistan at Sharjah. Coming in to bat at number 8, he was the top scorer in Sri Lanka's 1st innings with 95.
After a series of good bowling and five-wicket hauls, Perera was dropped from the Test squad due to many upcoming new talents. However, he had late response to international cricket at the age of 30, Perera showcased him sheer talents when he get the chance to play. Perera was included to the Test series against West Indies in October 2015, and played in the second Test at P Sara Oval. He could not show talents with the bat, but he took 4 wickets in crucial intervals of the match. Sri Lanka finally won the match by 72 runs and won the series 2-0.
Perera was included to the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy in 2016, as a frontline spinner with Rangana Herath. In the second test at Galle, he took ten wickets for 99 runs in the match with his best bowling figures of 6/70 in the second innings. He also scored his highest Test score of 64 in the second innings, becoming the first Sri Lankan to score a fifty and to take a ten-wicket haul in the same Test. Sri Lanka won the match by 229 runs and won the Warne-Murali Trophy as well.
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