Malinda Pushpakumara

Malinda Pushpakumara
Personal information
Full name
Pawuluge Malinda Pushpakumara
Born (1987-03-24) 24 March 1987 (age 37)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 141)3 August 2017 v India
Last Test23 November 2018 v England
ODI debut (cap 184)31 August 2017 v India
Last ODI3 September 2017 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–2010Moors Sports Club
2012–2015Saracens Sports Club
2015–presentChilaw Marians Cricket Club
2020Dambulla Viiking
2022Chattogram Challengers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 4 2 150 104
Runs scored 102 11 2,289 440
Batting average 17.00 5.50 13.78 10.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/4 0/0
Top score 42* 8 80* 29
Balls bowled 860 114 33,201 4,927
Wickets 14 1 863 175
Bowling average 37.14 105.00 20.09 18.71
5 wickets in innings 0 0 72 5
10 wickets in match 0 0 24 0
Best bowling 3/28 1/40 10/37 5/24
Catches/stumpings 2/– 2/– 140/– 36/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 December 2022

Pawuluge Malinda Pushpakumara, commonly as Malinda Pushpakumara (born 24 March 1987) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who played Test and ODIs. He plays for Colombo Cricket Club in first-class cricket.[1] In January 2019, he took all ten wickets in an innings in a first-class cricket match.[2]

  1. ^ "Malinda Pushpakumara". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Malinda Pushpakumara bags all 10 wickets in an innings". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2019.