Praveen Jayawickrama

Praveen Jayawickrama
Personal information
Full name
Perumapperuma Arachchige Kaveesha Praveen Jayawickrama
Born (1998-09-30) 30 September 1998 (age 26)
Kalutara, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left arm orthodox
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 156)29 April 2021 v Bangladesh
Last Test23 May 2022 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 199)29 June 2021 v England
Last ODI7 September 2021 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 91)12 September 2021 v South Africa
Last T20I11 June 2022 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 5 5 5 16
Runs scored 12 7 0 109
Batting average 12.00 7.00 12.12
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 8* 4* 0* 30*
Balls bowled 1,320 198 79 3,012
Wickets 25 5 2 67
Bowling average 25.68 35.40 75.00 25.98
5 wickets in innings 2 0 0 5
10 wickets in match 1 0 0 2
Best bowling 6/92 3/59 1/29 6/91
Catches/stumpings 2/– 0/– 0/– 11/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 July 2022

Perumapperuma Arachchige Kaveesha Praveen Jayawickrama (born 30 September 1998), normally known as Praveen Jayawickrama, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the national team in all three formats. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in April 2021.[1] He had his education in St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa. and Holy Cross College, Kalutara.[2]

In August 2024, he was charged with three counts of breaching the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Anti-Corruption Code for Participants.[3][4][5] On 2 October 2024, the ICC banned Jayawickrama from all forms of cricket for one year, with six months of the ban suspended, after he admitted to breaching the code.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Praveen Jayawickrama". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  2. ^ http://www.holycross.8m.net/index.htm
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