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Full name Pubudu Bathiya Dassanayake
Born July 11, 1970, Kandy
Current age 38 years 91 days
Major teams Canada,Sri Lanka,Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club,Colombo Cricket Club,Colts Cricket Club,Sinhalese Sports Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Other Coach
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
11
17
2
196
36
13.06
560
35.00
0
0
21
0
19
5
ODIs
16
10
2
85
20*
10.62
142
59.85
0
0
3
0
9
4
First-class
108
156
10
3840
144
26.30
4
20
192
35
List A
58
47
11
679
53
18.86
0
1
37
28
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
11
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
16
-
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
108
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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List A
58
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Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v South Africa at Moratuwa, Aug 25-30, 1993 scorecard
Last Test
Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Bulawayo, Oct 20-24, 1994 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (RPS), Sep 2, 1993 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Bloemfontein, Dec 8, 1994 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1989/90
Last First-class
Canada v Kenya at King City (NW), Jul 29-Aug 1, 2006 scorecard
List A span
1991/92 - 2005
Profile
After a brief period as the first choice keeper, Dassanayake
joined the ever increasing list of players to have held the
position. His batting fell below that of international standards
and that led to him being replaced. Despite this when asked to
bat at first drop to counter the threat of the South African pace
attack, which had been demolishing the top order, he did so with
courage. After Chamara Dunusinghe was preferred for the tour to
New Zealand in 1994/95, Dassanayake made a return to the
international scene, representing Sri Lanka 'A' against England A
in 1998. (Johann Jayasekera, benj@primus.com.au)
