Dunith Wellalage

Dunith Wellalage (born 9 January 2003) is a Sri Lankan cricketer.[1][2] He made his List A debut on 14 December 2019, for Lankan Cricket Club in the 2019–20 Invitation Limited Over Tournament.[3]

Dunith Wellalage
Personal information
Born (2003-01-09) 9 January 2003
Source: Cricinfo, 14 December 2019

In January 2022, he was named as the captain of Sri Lanka's team for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.[4] In Sri Lanka's opening fixture of the tournament, he took a five-wicket haul,[5] and was named the player of the match.[6] In Sri Lanka's next match of the tournament, he took another five-wicket haul, and was again named the player of the match.[7] In Sri Lanka's Super League playoff semi-final match against South Africa, Wellalage scored 113 runs, with Sri Lanka winning the match by 65 runs.[8] He became the first captain of the Sri Lankan team to score a century in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[9] He finished the Under-19 World Cup as the leading wicket-taker, with seventeen dismissals.[10]

In April 2022, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) named him in the Sri Lanka Emerging Team's squad for their tour to England.[11]

References
  1. "Dunith Wellalage". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  2. "Dunith, who once withdrew from Sri Lanka U19 team for O/L's returns as skipper". Island. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  3. "Group A, SLC Invitation Limited Over Tournament at Colombo (SSC), Dec 14 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  4. "Sri Lanka U19 Team to the World Cup". Cricket Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  5. "Sri Lanka U19s start World Cup campaign with a rousing win". The Papare. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  6. "Bowlers, Wyllie give Australia comprehensive win over West Indies in U-19 World Cup opener". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  7. "Sri Lanka stun Australia after Wellalage heroics". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  8. "Dunith Wellalage century takes Sri Lanka to fifth-place playoffs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  9. "Wellalage's record-breaking century helps Sri Lanka brush South Africa aside". The Papare. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  10. "India win fifth U-19 World Cup title after seamers Raj Bawa, Ravi Kumar prove too hot for England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  11. "18-member Sri Lanka Emerging Team for England tour finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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