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Full name | Dunith Nethmika Wellalage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 9 January 2003||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowling all rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test(cap 162) | 24 July 2022 v Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut(cap 204) | 14 June 2022 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 14 February 2024 v Afghanistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2019–present | Lankan Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Fortune Barishal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,15 February 2024 |
Dunith Nethmika Wellalage (born 9 January 2003) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer currently plays ODI cricket for the national side. [1] He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in June 2022. [2] He was educated at St. Joseph's College,Colombo 10. [3]
He made his List A debut on 14 December 2019,for Lankan Cricket Club in the 2019–20 Invitation Limited Over Tournament. [4]
In July 2022,he was signed by the Jaffna Kings for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League. [5]
In January 2022,he was named as the captain of Sri Lanka's team for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies. [6] In Sri Lanka's opening fixture of the tournament,he took a five-wicket haul, [7] and was named the player of the match. [8] In Sri Lanka's next match of the tournament,he took another five-wicket haul,and was again named the player of the match. [9] In Sri Lanka's Super League playoff semi-final match against South Africa,Wellalage scored 113 runs,with Sri Lanka winning the match by 65 runs. [10] He became the first captain of the Sri Lankan team to score a century in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [11] He finished the Under-19 World Cup as the leading wicket-taker,with seventeen dismissals. [12]
In April 2022,Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) named him in the Sri Lanka Emerging Team's squad for their tour to England. [13] On 25 May 2022,during the tour of England,he made his Twenty20 debut,against Surrey. [14] The following month,he was named in the Sri Lanka A squad for their matches against Australia A during Australia's tour of Sri Lanka. [15] Later the same month,he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad,also for their series against Australia. [16] [17] He made his ODI debut on 14 June 2022,for Sri Lanka against Australia. [18] The following month,he was added to Sri Lanka's Test squad for the second match against Australia. [19]
In July 2022,he was again named in Sri Lanka's Test squad,this time for their home series against Pakistan. [20] He made his Test debut on 24 July 2022,for Sri Lanka against Pakistan. [21]
In March 2023,he was named in both One Day International and Twenty20 International squad for the series against New Zealand. [22]
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