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Lahiru Gamage

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Lahiru Gamage
Lahiru Gamage, October 2017
Personal information
Full name
Panagamuwa Lahiru Sampath Gamage
Born (1988-04-05) 5 April 1988 (age 36)
Maradana, Sri Lanka
NicknameNayaa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 142)6 October 2017 v Pakistan
Last Test6 June 2018 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 160)2 November 2014 v India
Last ODI20 October 2017 v Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 5 9 111 97
Runs scored 6 4 977 194
Batting average 1.50 2.00 10.17 5.10
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 3 3 49 18
Balls bowled 1,112 402 14,803 3,620
Wickets 10 9 288 103
Bowling average 57.30 43.55 30.37 30.82
5 wickets in innings 0 0 14 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0
Best bowling 2/38 4/57 7/47 5/13
Catches/stumpings 0/0 2/0 30/– 16/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 August 2022

Panagamuwa Lahiru Sampath Gamage (born 5 April 1988), or commonly Lahiru Gamage, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who played for the national team in Tests and One Day Internationals (ODIs). He is right-handed batsman and bowls right-arm fast-medium pace.

Domestic career

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In March 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[1][2] He was the leading wicket-taker for Dambulla during the tournament, with ten dismissals in two matches.[3] The following month, he was also named in Dambulla's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[4]

In August 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[5] In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greens team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[6] However, prior to the first match, he failed a fitness test.[7] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Colombo Stars following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[8]

International career

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He made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka against India on 2 November 2014.[9] After a poor performance by Lasith Malinga during the Pakistan ODI series in 2015, Gamage was brought to the squad for last ODI, following an injury to Nuwan Pradeep.

In August 2017, he was added to Sri Lanka's Test squad, ahead of the third match against India, but did not play.[10] He made his Test debut for Sri Lanka against Pakistan on 6 October 2017 in Sri Lanka's first day-night Test match. He took his first Test wicket in the first innings by dismissing Pakistan's opener Shan Masood.[11]

In October 2017, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan, but he did not play.[12]

In May 2018, he was one of 33 cricketers to be awarded a national contract by Sri Lanka Cricket ahead of the 2018–19 season.[13][14]

References

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  1. ^ "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  2. ^ "All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament". Daily Sports. 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Sri Lanka Super Four Provincial Tournament, 2017/18, Dambulla: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  4. ^ "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. ^ "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Sri Lanka Cricket announce Invitational T20 squads and schedule". The Papare. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Change of teams for Kamil, Himasha & Prabath in SLC T20 League". The Papare. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews miss out on LPL drafts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Sri Lanka tour of India, 1st ODI: India v Sri Lanka at Cuttack, Nov 2, 2014". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  10. ^ "SL pick Chameera, Gamage for third India Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  11. ^ "2nd Test (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates and Pakistan at Dubai, Oct 6-10 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Thisara Perera to captain Sri Lanka in Lahore". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Sri Lanka assign 33 national contracts with pay hike". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Sri Lankan players to receive pay hike". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
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