Avishka Gunawardene

Avishka Gunawardene
Personal information
Full name
Dihan Avishka Gunawardene
Born (1977-05-26) 26 May 1977 (age 47)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
RoleOpening batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 76)4 March 1999 v Pakistan
Last Test10 December 2005 v India
ODI debut (cap 93)26 January 1998 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI3 January 2006 v New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 6 61 129 184
Runs scored 181 1,708 6,680 5,362
Batting average 16.45 28.46 35.53 29.95
100s/50s 0/0 1/12 12/40 6/35
Top score 43 132 209 132
Catches/stumpings 2/– 13/– 67/– 54/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 July 2015

Dihan Avishka Gunawardene (born 26 May 1977),[1] is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played Tests and One Day Internationals. He served as the Sri Lanka A team coach for many years,[2][3] and was later appointed batting coach of the national team in 2017. At present,[when?] he is the head coach of the Sri Lanka Under-19 cricket team.

  1. ^ "Avishka Gunawardene". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Sri Lanka A coach Gunawardene eager to work with the next generation". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Coach Gunawardene critical of Sri Lanka A batsmen". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 August 2016.