Full Name

Dickwella Patabendige Dilantha Niroshan Dickwella

Born

June 23, 1993, Kandy

Age

29y 271d

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.

Career Averages
Batting & Fielding
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Test5496727579630.97414866.460223041113427
ODI55521160411631.45171793.4129187124111
T20I282714806818.46366131.1401619121
FC12221112696120934.97917175.9011427804128664
List A1391342452514034.28476494.9810225314412638
T201091059202779*21.111492135.85011259426319
Bowling
FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test54------------
ODI55------------
T20I28------------
FC122342270---3.85-000
List A139------------
T20109------------
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Recent Matches - Player
MatchBatWktDateGroundFormat
Sri Lanka vs New Zealand7 & 03c/0s & 0c/0s09-Mar-2023ChristchurchTest # 2498
Sri Lanka vs NZ XI--1c/0s04-Mar-2023LincolnOTHER
Kandy vs Jaffna21 & 252c/0s & 3c/0s09-Feb-2023Colombo (SSC)FC
DC vs Riders372c/1s30-Jan-2023Abu DhabiOTHERT20
Stars vs Kings00c/0s19-Dec-2022Colombo (RPS)T20
Photos
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