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Niroshan Dickwella

Sri Lanka

Full name Dickwella Patabendige Dilantha Niroshan Dickwella

Born June 23, 1993, Kandy

Current age 24 years 303 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Southern Express, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Under-19s, Sri Lanka Under-23s, Trinity College

Nickname Niro

Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Height 5 ft 9 in

Education Trinity College, Kandy

Dickwella Patabendige Dilantha Niroshan Dickwella

Explore Niroshan Dickwella's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	17	32	2	990	83	33.00	1351	73.27	0	8	111	7	42	14
ODIs	36	34	1	1074	116	32.54	1171	91.71	2	5	118	7	28	6
T20Is	13	12	0	249	68	20.75	179	139.10	0	1	37	5	7	0
First-class	71	125	6	4445	209	37.35	5498	80.84	10	23	502	35	159	44
List A	98	94	1	3175	140	34.13	3492	90.92	8	13	356	24	92	24
T20s	51	48	5	1020	79*	23.72	721	141.47	0	6	139	22	33	13

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T20Is	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	71	2	30	16	0	-	-	-	3.20	-	0	0	0
List A	98	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T20s	51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), Jul 24-28, 2014 scorecard
Last Test	Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Feb 8-10, 2018 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	India v Sri Lanka at Ranchi, Nov 16, 2014 scorecard
Last ODI	Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Jan 27, 2018 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	India v Sri Lanka at Pune, Feb 9, 2016 scorecard
Last T20I	Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Feb 15, 2018 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Nondescripts Cricket Club v Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Feb 1-2, 2013 scorecard
Last First-class	Kandy v Colombo at Hambantota, Apr 8-11, 2018 scorecard
List A debut	Nondescripts Cricket Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Dec 9, 2012 scorecard
Last List A	Nondescripts Cricket Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (SSC), Mar 25, 2018 scorecard
T20s debut	West Indies A v Sri Lanka A at Kingstown, Jun 18, 2013 scorecard
Last T20s	Colombo Cricket Club v Nondescripts Cricket Club at Colombo (PSS), Mar 8, 2018 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
38, 3c/0s, 14*	Kandy	v Colombo	Hambantota	8 Apr 2018	FC
1c/0s, 112, 3c/0s, 56*	Kandy	v Dambulla	Katunayake	30 Mar 2018	FC
33, 0c/0s	Nondescripts	v Sinhalese	Colombo (SSC)	25 Mar 2018	LA
110, 0c/0s	Nondescripts	v Saracens	Katunayake	23 Mar 2018	LA
4c/0s, 16	Nondescripts	v Colts	Colombo (SSC)	21 Mar 2018	LA
14, 0c/0s	Nondescripts	v SL Air SC	Katunayake	18 Mar 2018	LA
0, 2c/0s	Nondescripts	v Police SC	Colombo (NCC)	16 Mar 2018	LA
3c/1s, 8	Nondescripts	v Col CC	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 2018	LA
3c/0s	Nondescripts	v Burgher	Colombo (NCC)	12 Mar 2018	LA
10, 2c/0s	Nondescripts	v Badureliya	Colombo (NCC)	10 Mar 2018	LA

Profile

An attacking left-hand and unorthodox wicketkeeper-batsman, Niroshan Dickwella arrived in first-class cricket already having built some hype through his stellar school cricket career. He won Sri Lanka's Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year award in 2012, having hit over 1000 runs in the previous season, and having led Trinity College to the national championship.

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