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Sachithra Senanayake

Sri Lanka

Full name Senanayake Mudiyanselage Sachithra Madhushanka Senanayake

Born February 9, 1985, Colombo

Current age 27 years 108 days

Major teams Ruhuna, Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Board President's XI

Playing role Allrounder

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Height 6 ft 0 in

Education Ananda College

Senanayake Mudiyanselage Sachithra Madhushanka Senanayake

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	6	5	3	56	22*	28.00	62	90.32	0	6	1	2
First-class	59	73	21	1023	89	19.67	1846	55.41	3	106	15	48
List A	72	41	17	489	51*	20.37	593	82.46	1	49	6	37
Twenty20	20	7	0	34	12	4.85	43	79.06	0	2	0	9

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	6	6	318	266	6	2/38	2/38	44.33	5.01	53.0	0	0	0
First-class	59	98	12801	6091	297	8/70	11/180	20.50	2.85	43.1	15	23	4
List A	72	70	3399	2271	113	5/23	5/23	20.09	4.00	30.0	5	2	0
Twenty20	20	20	444	419	33	4/26	4/26	12.69	5.66	13.4	1	0	0

Career statistics

ODI debut	South Africa v Sri Lanka at Kimberley, Jan 20, 2012 scorecard
Last ODI	Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Mar 20, 2012 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	Ragama Cricket Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Katunayake, Dec 15-17, 2006 scorecard
Last First-class	England Lions v Sri Lanka A at Scarborough, Aug 2-5, 2011 scorecard
List A debut	Sinhalese Sports Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (SSC), Dec 20, 2006 scorecard
Last List A	Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Mar 20, 2012 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Sinhalese Sports Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (CCC), Mar 1, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Police Sports Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo, Mar 30, 2012 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
1/23	Sinhalese	v Police SC	Colombo	30 Mar 2012	Twenty20
1/16, 1	Sinhalese	v Moors	Colombo (RPS)	29 Mar 2012	Twenty20
1/13	Sinhalese	v SLPACC	Colombo (RPS)	28 Mar 2012	Twenty20
4/26	Sinhalese	v Burgher	Colombo (Bloomfield)	26 Mar 2012	Twenty20
19*, 2/38	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	20 Mar 2012	ODI # 3265
0, 1/50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Melbourne	2 Mar 2012	ODI # 3253
22*, 0/30	Sri Lanka	v India	Adelaide	14 Feb 2012	ODI # 3239
2/45, 9	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Perth	10 Feb 2012	ODI # 3235
0/23, 21	Sri Lankans	v Vic 2nd XI	Melbourne	1 Feb 2012	Other OD
1/50, 6*	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Jan 2012	ODI # 3229

Profile

Sachithra Senanayake is an offspinner who made his international debut for Sri Lanka in the fourth ODI in the series against South Africa in 2011-12. At the time of making his international debut, Senanayake had already taken 297 first-class wickets from 59 matches at a fantastic average of 20.50, and 107 List A wickets at an economy rate of 3.90. In the 2010-11 season, he was the fourth-highest wicket-taker in Tier A of the Premier League tournament, taking 45 wickets in eight matches at 15.17. He has also shown that he can handle the pressure of limited-over matches: in the 2011-12 Premier Limited-Over tournament, Sri Lanka's main one-day competition, he was the highest wicket-taker with 16 in six games at 11.18.
ESPNcricinfo staff