Full Name

Dickwella Patabendige Dilantha Niroshan Dickwella

Born

June 23, 1993, Kandy

Age

29y 340d

Nicknames

Niro

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Playing Role

Wicketkeeper Batter

Height

5ft 9in

Education

Trinity College, Kandy

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.

Since then, Dickwella has become Nondescripts Cricket Club's regular wicketkeeper across all competitions, thanks in part to Dinesh Chandimal's long absences from domestic cricket, due to his presence in the national team. Dickwella has been particularly impressive in across all formats in domestic cricket, and has been a fixture in the Sri Lanka A team. He made his Test debut as far back as July 2014 - at the age of 21 - but despite a sparkling 72 at SSC against a strong South Africa attack, did not hold his place for long.

He made another foray into international cricket in 2017, and on this occasion had some success with his impressive range of behind-the-wicket strokes, which include all manner of sweeps, scoops and ramp shots.

Niroshan Dickwella Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Test5496727579630.97414866.460223041113427
ODI55521160411631.45171793.4129187124111
T20I282714806818.46366131.1401619121
FC12221112696120934.97917175.9011427804128664
List A1431382470614034.60489796.0911225535113039
T201101069204279*21.051506135.59011261426519

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test54------------
ODI55------------
T20I28------------
FC122342270---3.85-000
List A143------------
T20110------------
Dickwella Patabendige Dilantha Niroshan Dickwella

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Recent Matches of Niroshan Dickwella

MatchBatWktDateGroundFormat
Nondescripts vs Panadura152c/0s27-May-2023MaggonaT20
Kandy vs Colombo1032c/0s03-Apr-2023Colombo (RPS)List A
Kandy vs Galle361c/0s01-Apr-2023Colombo (PSS)List A
Kandy vs Dambulla151c/0s30-Mar-2023Colombo (RPS)List A
Kandy vs Jaffna270c/1s28-Mar-2023Colombo (SSC)List A

Photos of Niroshan Dickwella

Kane Williamson shakes hands with Sri Lanka's players
Kamindu Mendis, Asitha Fernando, Niroshan Dickwella check out the post-rain conditions
Dhananjaya de Silva emotes as Kusal Mendis watches
Sri Lanka's players line up for the national anthem
Niroshan Dickwella goes low to sweep
Niroshan Dickwella slogs to the leg side