Ravindra Pushpakumara

Deshabandu Karuppiahyage Ravindra Pushpakumara (born 21 July 1975), or Ravindra Pushpakumara, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer of Tamil - Sinhalese mixed ancestry. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He was a key member of Sri Lanka's 1996 Cricket World Cup winning team.

Deshabandu
Ravindra Pushpakumara
රවීන්ද්‍ර පුෂ්පකුමාර
ரவீந்திர புஷ்பகுமார
Personal information
Full name
Karuppiahyage Ravindra Pushpakumara
Born (1975-07-21) 21 July 1975
Panadura, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 61)26 August 1994 v Pakistan
Last Test6 September 2001 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 77)18 February 1994 v India
Last ODI19 December 1999 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Colombo Cricket Club
Colts Cricket Club
Nondescripts Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI
Matches 23 31
Runs scored 166 36
Batting average 8.73 9.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 44 14*
Balls bowled 3,792 1,430
Wickets 58 24
Bowling average 38.65 49.20
5 wickets in innings 4 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 7/116 3/25
Catches/stumpings 10/– 8/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 February 2006

Early and domestic career

Pushpakumura was educated at St. John's College Panadura.[1] He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[2]

International career

Having impressed with Sri Lanka's Under-19s side, Pushpakumura made his Test debut in August 1994 against Pakistan, where he was noted as the fastest bowler Sri Lanka had for many years.

Despite his pace, his variation on duller pitches was lacking, and thus he failed to get into the Sri Lankan side on a regular basis. His best bowling figure in a Test innings is 7/116 which he made against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club in 1994/95. Pushpakumara could be viewed as another fast bowling prospect which failed to live up to expectation from Sri Lanka. Some started to call him "Wild Johnny" for his waiwerd lines he came up with more often than not. Pushpakumura's last Test was against Bangladesh in the Asian Test Championship. Since 2004 he has played Twenty-20 cricket.

References

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