Suranga

Lakmal

Sri Lanka
Bowler

Suranga

About Suranga Lakmal

Name
Suranga Lakmal
Born
Mar 10, 1987 (37 years)
Birth Place
Sri Lanka
Role
Bowler
Batting Style
Right Handed
Bowling Style
Right-arm fast medium

A young fast bowler with enormous potential, Suranga Lakmal is one of the many speedsters who Sri Lankan cricket have offered several opportunities over the past several seasons.

Spotted by talent scouts while he was still a student at the Debarawewa Central, Lakmal’s progress was tracked as he went on to play for Richmond College and the Tamil Union in domestic cricket. Although he impressed for both teams, his lack of stamina to bowl long spells was a cause of concern, a problem area which coaches worked on. His and their hard work finally bore fruit when with some fine performances for Sri Lanka A, the pacer made it to the team for the 2009 ODI series against India. Following a forgettable debut, he scalped the prized wickets of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag in his second game but failed to impress in the next games; and in early 2010 was sent back to domestic cricket to improve on his bowling.

At an enviable frame of over six feet and a high arm action, Lakmal is a deceptive bowler who can cause problems for batsman with both his pace and bounce. However his tendency to leak runs has many a time been his undoing, a problem area which he still needs to address.
 

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ICC Ranking

# 33
Test
# 35
ODI
# 0
T20I

Career Stats

Batting
Bowling
Batter
Test
ODI
T20I
Domestic-Firstclass
Matches
57
81
10
55
Innings
90
44
5
54
Runs
740
205
7
450
Highest Score
42
26
5
58
SR
49.00
55.00
87.00
58.00
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Team Played For

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Basnahira South
Basnahira South
Sri Lankan Board XI
Sri Lankan Board XI
Ruhuna
Ruhuna
Sri Lanka A
Sri Lanka A
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Wayamba United
Wayamba United
Rest of Sri Lanka
Rest of Sri Lanka
Basnahira Greens
Basnahira Greens
Western Troopers
Western Troopers
Galle
Galle
Kandy Crusaders
Kandy Crusaders
Sri Lankans
Sri Lankans