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Lakshan Sandakan

Lakshan Sandakan
Personal information
Full name Paththamperuma Arachchige Don Lakshan Rangika Sandakan
Born (1991-06-10) 10 June 1991 (age 25)
Ragama, Sri Lanka
Nickname Lakee
Batting style Right hand
Bowling style Slow left-arm chinaman
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 136) 26 July 2016 v Australia
Last Test 15 March 2017 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 174) 21 August 2016 v Australia
Last ODI 25 March 2017 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no. 85
T20I debut (cap 69) 22 January 2017 v South Africa
Last T20I 17 February 2017 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
CCC
Saracens Sports Club
Southern Express CC
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA
Matches 5 6 3 10
Runs scored 43 6 - 65
Batting average 14.33 2.00 - 16.25
100s/50s -/- 0/0 -/- -/-
Top score 19* 3 - 30
Balls bowled 850 260 72 427
Wickets 15 5 6 15
Bowling average 31.93 51.40 12.66 28.46
5 wickets in innings 0 0 n/a 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a 0
Best bowling 4/58 2/33 4/23 5/40
Catches/stumpings 1/- 3/– 2/- 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 March 2017

Paththamperuma Arachchige Don Lakshan Rangika Sandakan, commonly known as Lakshan Sandakan (Sinhalese: ලක්ශාන් සදකැන්; born 10 June 1991), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for all three formats.

Domestically he is a first-class cricketer who plays for Colombo Cricket Club. He took the most wickets in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament, with a total of 52 dismissals from 10 matches and 18 innings.

In July 2016 he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against Australia. On 26 July 2016 he made his Test debut for Sri Lanka against Australia.

In the first innings, Sandakan took his first Test wicket by bowling Mitchell Marsh. He took 4 for 58 runs in the first innings and 3 for 49 in the second innings. His match figures of 7 for 107 were the best by a chinaman bowler on Test debut. Sri Lanka won the match by 106 runs giving them only their second win against Australia in 27 matches.

He made his One Day International debut for Sri Lanka against Australia on 21 August 2016. He took his first ODI wicket by caught Matthew Wade in his first over.

In January 2017 he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against South Africa. He made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka against South Africa on 22 January 2017, taking a wicket with his first delivery. He was the first Sri Lankan to achieve this feat.


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