Niroshan Dickwella

Sri Lanka

Full name Dickwella Patabendige Dilantha Niroshan Dickwella

Born June 23, 1993, Kandy

Current age 27 years 158 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Dambulla Viiking, Montreal Tigers, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Southern Express, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Under-19s, Sri Lanka Under-23s, St Lucia Stars, St Lucia Zouks, 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

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	37	66	4	1921	83	30.98	2855	67.28	0	15	214	9	87	23
ODIs	52	49	1	1571	116	32.72	1679	93.56	2	9	182	12	38	9
T20Is	23	22	0	429	68	19.50	309	138.83	0	1	57	8	10	0
First-class	99	171	9	5820	209	35.92	7576	76.82	11	33	656	38	226	55
List A	127	122	2	4060	140	33.83	4382	92.65	9	20	469	35	116	30
T20s	65	62	5	1224	79*	21.47	881	138.93	0	6	162	26	41	13

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T20Is	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	99	2	30	16	0	-	-	-	3.20	-	0	0	0
List A	127	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T20s	65	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), Jul 24-28, 2014 scorecard
Last Test	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, Jan 27-31, 2020 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	India v Sri Lanka at Ranchi, Nov 16, 2014 scorecard
Last ODI	South Africa v Sri Lanka at Durban, Mar 10, 2019 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	India v Sri Lanka at Pune, Feb 9, 2016 scorecard
Last T20I	Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Nov 1, 2019 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	Nondescripts Cricket Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (CCC), Aug 25-27, 2020 scorecard
List A debut	Nondescripts Cricket Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Dec 9, 2012 scorecard
Last List A	India A v Sri Lanka A at Hubli, Jun 15, 2019 scorecard
T20s debut	West Indies A v Sri Lanka A at Kingstown, Jun 18, 2013 scorecard
Last T20s	Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Nov 1, 2019 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
57, 1c/0s, 0c/0s	Nondescripts	v Colts	Colombo (CCC)	25 Aug 2020	FC
0, 1c/0s	Nondescripts	v Col CC	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2020	FC
2c/1s, 13, 3c/0s, 7	Nondescripts	v Burgher	Katunayake	15 Aug 2020	FC
1c/1s, 11, 1c/0s	Nondescripts	v SL Army	Colombo (SSC)	10 Aug 2020	FC
2c/0s, 1, 1c/1s	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	27 Jan 2020	Test # 2383
1c/1s, 63, 2c/1s	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Jan 2020	Test # 2381
0c/1s, 21, 0c/1s, 65	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	19 Dec 2019	Test # 2375
33, 0c/0s	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	11 Dec 2019	Test # 2373
0c/0s, 15	Abu Dhabi	v Arabians	Abu Dhabi	18 Nov 2019	Other OD
0c/0s, 8	Abu Dhabi	v Warriors	Abu Dhabi	17 Nov 2019	Other OD

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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