

Lakshan Sandakan
Player Info | |
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Date of Birth | 10 June 1991 |
Place of Birth | Ragama, Sri Lanka |
Career | August 2016 - Active |
Role | Bowler |
Batting & Fielding Statistics
Mat | Inns | No | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
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Career | 28 | 17 | 5 | 46 | 8* | 3.83 | 118 | 38.98 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Bowling Statistics
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | WKTS | BBM | Avg | Econ | SR | 4W | 5W | |
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Career | 28 | 26 | 1,256 | 1,341 | 25 | 4/52 | 53.64 | 6.40 | 50.24 | 1 | 0 |
1. Took an aggregate of 7 for 107 against Australia in a Test in 2016, which are the best figures on debut for a left-arm wrist-spinner.
2. Made his T20I debut against South Africa in January 2017 and got a wicket off the first ball, the only Sri Lankan to achieve the feat to date.
3. Topped the domestic wicket-takers charts in the 2013-14 and 2015-16 season.
4. Playing in his first ICC CT
5. ODI debut against Australia at Colombo in 2016
6. Having topped the domestic wicket-taker’s list twice in three seasons, he was rewarded with an A-team tour of England in 2016
7. He took his first ODI wicket with just his sixth delivery, having Matthew Wade caught at short mid-wicket
8. On Test debut, he took 7-107 in the match against Australia at Pallekele, the best debut figures for a Chinaman bowler in Test history