Dilruwan Perera

Dilruwan Perera
Personal information
Full name
Mahawaduge Dilruwan Kamalaneth Perera
Born (1982-07-22) 22 July 1982 (age 42)
Panadura, Sri Lanka
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off spin
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 126)17 January 2014 v Pakistan
Last Test22 January 2021 v England
ODI debut (cap 133)13 October 2007 v England
Last ODI15 September 2018 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.47
T20I debut (cap 40)6 August 2011 v Australia
Last T20I25 November 2011 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2000/01–2003/04Panadura Sports Club
2004/05Chilaw Marians Cricket Club
2005/06–2006/07Panadura Sports Club
2007/08–presentColts Cricket Club
2020Kandy Tuskers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 43 13 233 201
Runs scored 1,303 152 8,383 3,109
Batting average 18.88 12.66 24.02 18.28
100s/50s 0/7 0/0 5/45 1/10
Top score 95 30 137* 114
Balls bowled 10,805 456 44,162 8,182
Wickets 161 13 841 200
Bowling average 35.90 31.46 26.55 27.50
5 wickets in innings 8 0 42 4
10 wickets in match 2 0 4 0
Best bowling 6/32 3/48 7/71 6/28
Catches/stumpings 19/0 2/0 156/0 58/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 October 2024

Mahawaduge Dilruwan Kamalaneth Perera (Sinhala: දිල්රුවන් පෙරේරා; born 22 July 1982) is a Sri Lankan former international cricketer, who played for Sri Lanka in all formats of the game. He plays domestically for the Colts Cricket Club. Perera is a right-arm offbreak bowler and right-handed batsman. Started as an opening batsman, Perera is the quickest Sri Lankan bowler to reach both 50 and 100 Test wickets in Sri Lanka. Dilruwan is a past student of Sri Sumangala College.

On 26 January 2022, he announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket with immediate effect.[1][2]

  1. ^ Sportstar, Team. "Dilruwan Perera announces retirement from International Cricket". Sportstar. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Dilruwan Perera retires from international cricket". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 26 January 2022.