Full name Kanishka Gihan Alvitigala
Born June 8, 1986, Homagama
Current age 25 years 354 days
Major teams Colts Cricket Club, Sri Lanka A
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Height 6 ft 3 in
Education Lumbini College, Thurstan College, Colombo
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 30 | 34 | 2 | 360 | 60 | 11.25 | 729 | 49.38 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 6 | 23 | 0 |
| List A | 25 | 12 | 1 | 97 | 34 | 8.81 | 102 | 95.09 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 30 | 54 | 3411 | 1961 | 66 | 5/34 | 6/92 | 29.71 | 3.44 | 51.6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| List A | 25 | 23 | 966 | 907 | 23 | 4/46 | 4/46 | 39.43 | 5.63 | 42.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 35 | 1 | 1/35 | 1/35 | 35.00 | 8.75 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class debut | Colts Cricket Club v Nondescripts Cricket Club at Colombo (Colts), Feb 14-17, 2008 scorecard |
| Last First-class | Sri Lanka Board XI v England XI at Colombo (RPS), Mar 15-17, 2012 scorecard |
| List A debut | Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (PSS), Dec 31, 2008 scorecard |
| Last List A | Sri Lanka A v England Lions at Kurunegala, Jan 31, 2012 scorecard |
| Only Twenty20 | Kandurata v Wayamba at Galle, Mar 4, 2010 scorecard |
| Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, 1/50, 0 | SL Board XI | v England XI | Colombo (RPS) | 15 Mar 2012 | First-class |
| 1/84 | Colts | v Sinhalese | Colombo (Colts) | 9 Mar 2012 | First-class |
| 33, 3/24, 3, 0/10 | Colts | v Chilaw | Colombo (Colts) | 1 Mar 2012 | First-class |
| 1, 4/26, 1/61 | Colts | v Moors | Colombo (Colts) | 17 Feb 2012 | First-class |
| 3/26, 2, 2/30 | Colts | v Lankan CC | Colombo (Colts) | 10 Feb 2012 | First-class |
| 0/10 | Sri Lanka A | v Eng Lions | Kurunegala | 31 Jan 2012 | List A |
| 0/78, 32 | Sri Lanka A | v Eng Lions | Dambulla | 27 Jan 2012 | List A |
| 2/47 | Colts | v Nondescripts | Colombo (Moors) | 14 Dec 2011 | List A |
| 4/46 | Colts | v Moors | Colombo (Moors) | 10 Dec 2011 | List A |
| 1/50 | Colts | v Ragama | Colombo (Moors) | 7 Dec 2011 | List A |
A tall fast bowler, Kanishka Alwitigala began his career with little known Homagama MV and came to Lumbini MV to do his 'O' levels. He eventually ended up playing for Thurstan College whom he represented for three years in the first XI, finishing with the all-island best bowler runner-up prize by scalping 65 wickets. He joined Colombo Colts soon after taking five wickets in the Under-23 semi-final against Nondescripts CC in 2008-09. Bowling with national fast bowlers Chaminda Vaas, Ruchira Perera and Nuwan Kulasekera has helped Alwitigala immensely and the inputs from the former Sri Lanka fast bowler Champaka Ramanayake and Anusha Samaranayake, head of Sri Lanka's fast bowling academy have also helped in his development. The best advice he's received from them is to bowl more dot balls and commit the batsman into making mistakes. He clocks between 135-140 kph and hopes to improve on that figure.
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