Full Name

Mahawaduge Dilruwan Kamalaneth Perera

Born

July 22, 1982, Panadura

Age

41y 241d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Playing Role

Allrounder

Height

5ft 10in

Education

Sri Sumangala College, Panadura

A classical offspinner with an easy, fluent action, Dilruwan Perera had been among Sri Lanka's steadiest first-class performers, before being rewarded with the second spinner's berth in the Test squad, in 2014. It was with the bat that he made his first impression in Tests: Perera came within five runs of scoring a century on debut, against Pakistan at Sharjah, but he asserted himself as a bowler soon enough. His second-innings five-wicket haul helped wipe Bangladesh out in Dhaka, less than two weeks later.

No big turner of the ball, and possessing only an arm ball as a variation, Perera's strengths lie in accuracy and persistence. He has honed those skills by practicing spot-bowling intensively, on the advice of Muttiah Muralitharan, one of Perera's idols, alongside Saqlain Mushtaq. In his time in the Test side, Perera has proved a good fit for the attack's ethos of squeezing wickets from the opposition, and he has also been a fine partner for Rangana Herath when the two bowl from opposite ends.

Perera had made rapid progress since starting his career at Sri Sumangala College, Panadura. He toured Australia with the Sri Lanka Under-19 team and, after he made his first-class debut for Panadura Sports Club, was drafted into the A side in 2001. He played one season for Chilaw Marians Cricket Club and holds the bowling record for the Under-23s with 55 wickets from seven matches in 2004.

He had had some success in A team tours to England and Zimbabwe with both bat and ball, but continued to develop as a bowler through his time at Sri Lanka's Spin Bowling Academy, where he was coached by former offspinners Ashley Mallett and Ruwan Kalpage.

In limited-overs cricket, Perera earned a call-up to Sri Lanka's squad for the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa after Muralitharan was ruled out due to injury. He made his ODI debut at home against England in 2007. He forms an integral part of the Colombo Colts domestic side, which he has now represented for 10 years.
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Dilruwan Perera Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests4377813039518.88277946.880715823190
ODIs131201523012.6619976.380013320
T20Is320110.50616.66000000
FC233379308383137*24.02--545--1560
List A20118212310911418.28--110--580
T20s10279109526213.79862110.44019128260

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests43781080557801616/3210/7835.903.2067.1882
ODIs1310456409133/483/4831.465.3835.0000
T20Is33607233/263/2624.007.2020.0000
FC233-44162223308417/71-26.553.0352.5-424
List A201-818255052006/286/2827.524.0340.9340
T20s1029618912011905/145/1422.346.3821.0010
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Recent Matches of Dilruwan Perera

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Burgher vs Kandy CCC7 & 852/37 & 2/5617-Nov-2023Colombo (Burgher)FC
Burgher vs Nugegoda SWC17 & 21*1/41 & 1/3210-Nov-2023Colombo (Burgher)FC
Burgher vs Colombo CC124 & 244/86 & 3/8725-Aug-2023Colombo (Burgher)FC
Burgher vs SL Army23/35 & 0/7507-Jul-2023PanagodaFC
Burgher vs Colts CC56 & 46*3/8630-Jun-2023Colombo (Colts)FC

Photos of Dilruwan Perera

Dilruwan Perera picked up the final wicket on the fourth morning
Niroshan Dickwella and Dilruwan Perera made England toil
Dilruwan Perera raises his bat for fifty
Dilruwan Perera struggled to stem the flow of runs
Dilruwan Perera pushes one towards point
Dhananjaya de Silva and Dilruwan Perera walk off