Dilruwan Perera

Mahawaduge Dilruwan Kamalaneth Perera

Mahawaduge Dilruwan Kamalaneth Perera

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

Overview

Full Name Mahawaduge Dilruwan Kamalaneth Perera
Age 42y 109d
Born Thursday, July 22, 1982, Sri Lanka
Batting Style Right Handed
Bowling Style Off break
Playing Role All Rounder

Biography

Dilruwan Perera has had a commendable domestic career with great batting and bowling figures in first-class cricket, especially while playing for the Panadura Sports Club, where he debuted in 2000/01. He then went on to represent Sri Lanka “A”, followed by a tour of Australia with the Under-19 team.

An all-rounder who idolizes the likes of Muttiah Muralidaran and Saqlain Mushtaq, Perera's weapons are the off breaks and the arm-ball that helped him earned a place in Sri Lanka A's tour of England in 2007. A right-hand batsman, he went on to score some fruitful runs at various batting positions and took wickets at regular intervals. Consequently, Perera made his ODI debut against England at Colombo in 2007. A member of the Sri Lanka Spin Academy, he received valuable coaching under some of the best off spinners to better his skills, and uses “spot bowling” as a tactic to improve efficiency. In 2011, Perera was drafted into Sri Lanka's T20I squad for their series against Australia.


Debut
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan at Sharjah - Thursday, January 16, 2014

Batting

Matches 43
Innings 77
Runs 1303
100's - 50's 0 - 7
Sixes - Fours 23 - 158
Average 18.88
Strike Rate 46.88
Highest Score (vs Pakistan, 16/01/2014) 95

Bowling

Matches 43
Innings 78
Overs 1800.5
Wickets 161
Economy Rate 3.20
Five-Wicket Haul Innings 8
Ten-Wicket Haul Innings 2
Best Figures (vs South Africa, 12/07/2018) 6/32

Fielding

Catches 19
Stumpings 0
Run Outs 0

Career Runs

514
387
258
129
Runs
Years

Career Wickets

50
39
26
13
Wickets
Years