Pubudu Dassanayake

Full name Pubudu Bathiya Dassanayake

Born July 11, 1970, Kandy

Current age 43 years 1 days

Major teams Canada, Sri Lanka,Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Colombo Cricket Club,Colts Cricket Club, Sinhalese Sports Club

Batting style Right-hand bat

Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Other Coach

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	11	17	2	196	36	13.06	560	35.00	0	0	21	0	19	5
ODIs	16	10	2	85	20*	10.62	142	59.85	0	0	3	0	9	4
First-class	108	156	10	3840	144	26.30			4	20			192	35
List A	58	47	11	679	53	18.86			0	1			37	28

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	108	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
List A	58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v South Africa at Moratuwa, Aug 25-30, 1993 scorecard
Last Test	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Bulawayo, Oct 20-24, 1994 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  Test match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most dismissals in an innings  Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (RPS), Sep 2, 1993 scorecard
Last ODI	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Bloemfontein, Dec 8, 1994 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  ODI match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most dismissals in an innings  Fielding series statistics
First-class debut	1989/90
Last First-class	Canada v Kenya at King City (NW), Jul 29-Aug 1, 2006 scorecard
List A debut	1991/92
Last List A	Bermuda v Canada at Dublin, Jul 11, 2005 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
26, 0	Canada	v Kenya	King City (NW)	29 Jul 2006	FC

Profile

After a brief period as the first choice keeper, Dassanayake joined the ever increasing list of players to have held the position. His batting fell below that of international standards and that led to him being replaced. Despite this when asked to bat at first drop to counter the threat of the South African pace attack, which had been demolishing the top order, he did so with courage. After Chamara Dunusinghe was preferred for the tour to New Zealand in 1994/95, Dassanayake made a return to the international scene, representing Sri Lanka 'A' against England A in 1998.