Dasun Shanaka

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Dasun Shanaka

Personal information
Full name	Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka
Born	9 September 1991 (age 24) Negombo, Sri Lanka
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (2015–present)
Only Test (cap 134)	19 May 2016 v England
T20I debut (cap 58)	1 August 2015 v Pakistan
Last T20I	28 March 2016 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.	7
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011–present	Sinhalese Sports Club
Career statistics
Competition Test T20I FC LA Matches 1 10 32 39 Runs scored 4 111 1,374 360 Batting average 2.00 12.33 38.16 18.94 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 4/6 0/1 Top score 4 27 127 60* Balls bowled 78 54 1,219 348 Wickets 3 4 29 7 Bowling average 15.33 18.85 26.20 34.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 3/46 3/16 6/69 2/21 Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 25/– 24/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 May 2016

Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka, or Dasun Shanaka (born 9 September 1991), is a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer.^[1] Shanaka is a past student of St.Peter's College, Negombo and Maris Stella College, Negombo. He was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan in July 2015.^[2] He made his T20I debut on 1 August 2015 as the 58th T20I cap for Sri Lanka.^[3]
In May 2016 Shanaka scored a century against Leicestershire County Cricket Club in a first-class match on the tour of England.^[4][5] He made his Test debut for Sri Lanka on 19 May 2016 against England on the same tour.^[6] He is the 134th Test player for Sri Lanka.^[7] He took his first Test wicket by dismissing England captain Alastair Cook caught by wicketkeeper. Though he took 3 for 46 runs, he only scored 4 runs in the both innings, and Sri Lanka lost the match by an innings and 88 runs.^[6]

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