Janith Liyanage
Personal information
Full name
Kongala Liyanage Janith Vimukthi
Born (1995-07-12) 12 July 1995 (age 28)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingRight handed
BowlingRight arm fast medium
RoleBatting allrounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 211)6 January 2024 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI11 January 2024 v Zimbabwe
T20I debut (cap 93)20 February 2022 v Australia
Last T20I27 February 2022 v India
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 3 3 44 58
Runs scored 119 28 1,826 1,657
Batting average 59.50 9.33 30.94 39.45
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 3/11 2/9
Top score 95 11 130 102*
Balls bowled 30 – 2,293 1,065
Wickets 1 – 32 32
Bowling average 28.00 – 44.50 28.18
5 wickets in innings 0 – 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 – 0 0
Best bowling 1/17 – 3/53 3/24
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 26/– 27/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 January 2024

Kongala Liyanage Janith Vimukthi (born 12 July 1995), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who currently plays limited overs cricket for the national team. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in February 2022.[1]

Domestic career

He made his first-class debut for Ragama Cricket Club in the 2014–15 Premier Trophy on 16 January 2015.[2]

In March 2018, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[3][4] The following month, he was also named in Galle's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[5] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Dambulla Giants following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[6]

International career

In January 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Australia.[7] He made his T20I debut on 20 February 2022, for Sri Lanka against Australia.[8]

He made his ODI debut during the 2024 Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka. In the second ODI he made 95 runs while chasing and won player of the match for his match winning performance.[9] Sri Lanka finally won the series 2–0 and Liyanage was adjudged player of the series.

References

  1. ^ "Janith Liyanage". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Premier League Tournament, Group A: Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Jan 16-18, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. ^ "All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament". Daily Sports. 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  5. ^ "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews miss out on LPL drafts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Sri Lanka T20I squad for Australia tour 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  8. ^ "5th T20I (D/N), Melbourne, Feb 20 2022, Sri Lanka tour of Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Liyanage, lower order defy Ngarava brilliance to take Sri Lanka home". cricbuzz. Retrieved 9 January 2023.

External links

B-Love Kandy – current squad
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