Dunith Wellalage

Dunith Wellalage
Personal information
Full name
Dunith Nethmika Wellalage
Born (2003-01-09) 9 January 2003 (age 21)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
NicknameWella
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowling all-rounder
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 162)24 July 2022 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 204)14 June 2022 v Australia
Last ODI7 August 2024 v India
T20I debut (cap 109)15 October 2024 v West Indies
Last T20I17 October 2024 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2018/19–2020Lankan Cricket Club
2022–presentColts Cricket Club
2022–2023Jaffna Kings
2023/24Fortune Barishal
2024Colombo Strikers
2024Barbados Royals
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 1 25 2 28
Runs scored 29 331 – 866
Batting average 14.50 22.06 – 27.06
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 –/– 0/4
Top score 18 67* – 78*
Balls bowled 78 1,053 48 4,420
Wickets 0 30 3 87
Bowling average – 30.66 15.00 28.55
5 wickets in innings 0 2 0 5
10 wickets in match 0 0 – 0
Best bowling – 5/27 3/9 8/152
Catches/stumpings 2/0 9/0 1/0 17/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 October 2024

Dunith Nethmika Wellalage (born 9 January 2003) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer currently plays limited overs cricket for the national side.[1] He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in June 2022 to a series against Australia.[2] He was educated at St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa and St. Joseph's College, Colombo 10.[3]

  1. ^ "Dunith, who once withdrew from Sri Lanka U19 team for O/L's returns as skipper". Island. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Dunith Wellalage". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. ^ Waris, Sarah. "Who is Dunith Wellalage, the 20-year-old Sri Lanka left-arm spinner who could take the World Cup by storm?". Wisden.com. Retrieved 25 September 2023.