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Full name Loku Hettige Danushka Dilhara
Born July 3, 1980, Colombo
Current age 28 years 6 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Antonians Sports Club,Galle Cricket Club,Moors Sports Club,Ruhuna,Uva Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
8
8
0
77
29
9.62
85
90.58
0
0
8
4
3
0
First-class
79
123
10
2730
211
24.15
2
10
41
0
List A
78
71
8
1167
70
18.52
0
2
30
0
Twenty20
13
12
1
160
53
14.54
0
1
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
8
7
282
221
6
2/30
2/30
36.83
4.70
47.0
0
0
0
First-class
79
9585
5026
194
7/64
25.90
3.14
49.4
6
0
List A
78
2705
1968
64
4/65
4/65
30.75
4.36
42.2
1
0
0
Twenty20
13
10
170
225
5
1/20
1/20
45.00
7.94
34.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Jul 30, 2005 scorecard
Last ODI
India v Sri Lanka at Vadodara, Nov 12, 2005 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
2000/01
Last First-class
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club v Moors Sports Club at Colombo (PSS), Mar 27-30, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2000/01
Last List A
Kandurata v Ruhuna at Colombo (RPS), Jan 8, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Moors Sports Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Ruhuna v Wayamba at Kurunegala, May 1, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Dilhara Lokuhettige, an exciting new allrounder for Sri Lanka, was a cricketer picked out of obscurity. There was general surprise when he was named in the Sri Lankan one-day squad for the Indian Oil Cup in 2005 after modest performances on the domestic circuit. But Lokuhettige had made an immediate impact after winning a place in the A team, scoring 57 and 22 not out and capturing three wickets to help Sri Lanka A beat West Indies A in an unofficial Test series just before the Indian Oil Cup. As a schoolboy, he'd been a keen player for Asoka Vidyalaya in Colombo, captaining the teams from the under-13 age group up to the First XI. He got his first major break towards earning a national cap when he joined Bloomfield in 1999 and met Ruchira Palliyaguru, the club's fast bowler, who recommended him to the Sri Lanka Cricket Fast Bowling Academy. There he came under the watchful eyes of Champaka Ramanayake, the head of the academy. Lokuhettige played one season for Antonians SC and then joined Galle CC where Ramanayake was also the coach. It was here that he recorded his best first-class bowling figures, taking eight wickets against NCC in 2002-03. He is not express in pace, but is accurate and can swing the ball both ways. He is a hard-hitting batsmen too, with his favourite stroke being the lofted drive. Sa'adi Thawfeeq (August 2005)
