Dilhara Lokuhettige

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Dilhara Lokuhettige
Personal information
Full name
Loku Hettige Danushka Dilhara
Born3 July 1980 (1980-07-03) (age 43)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Role Wicket-keeper
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  124)30 July 2005 v  India
Last ODI9 July 2013 v  India
T20I debut(cap  6)10 October 2008 v  Zimbabwe
Last T20I12 October 2008 v  Canada
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I
Matches92
Runs scored8318
Batting average 9.22
100s/50s0/00/0
Top score2918*
Balls bowled33030
Wickets 62
Bowling average 43.5015.00
5 wickets in innings 00
10 wickets in match00
Best bowling2/302/6
Catches/stumpings 3/–0/–
Source: Cricinfo], 10 April 2017
Medal record
Representing Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Men's Cricket
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Incheon Team

Loku Hettige Danushka Dilhara (born 3 July 1980), known as Dilhara Lokuhettige, is a Sri Lankan former cricketer, who played limited over cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Lokuhittege had captained Colombo's Asoka Vidalaya from Under-13s to senior level. In January 2021, he was found guilty of three offences under the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. [1] As a result, he was banned from all cricket for eight years. [2]

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Fixing allegations

Lokuhettige was suspected by Al Jazeera along with Jeevantha Kulatunga for being involved in match fixing during a fake T20 series in the United Arab Emirates. [3]

The Al Jazeera's Investigation Unit also revealed that former Pakistani cricketer Hasan Raza, Jeevantha Kulatunga and Dilhara Lokuhettige were preparing to make money by organising and arranging a fake tournament in the UAE solely to make huge collection of money to fix matches in the future. [4]

International career

When he was first picked for the Indian Oil Cup in 2005, there was relative shock, as Lokuhettige was picked practically out of obscurity after moderate domestic performances. However, he proved a quality acquisition, capturing both good batting and bowling statistics.

Domestic career

His big break came when he joined Bloomfield and met Ruchira Palliyaguru in 1999, who recommended him to the cricketing academy. He has Twenty-20 cricket since 2004 and was picked for the national team for the first time in July 2005. He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Moors Sports Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament. [5]

Retirement

Lokuhettige announced his retirement from Tests and ODIs on 24 September 2016. He criticized captain Angelo Mathews by stating that he cannot enter to the squad until Mathews playing for the team. [6] [7]

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