Janith Liyanage

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] He is a past pupil of Lalith Ahulathmudali Maha Vidyalaya and St. Peter's College, Colombo.

Janith Liyanage

Personal information
Full name	Kongala Liyanage Janith Vimukthi
Born	(1995-07-12) 12 July 1995 (age 28) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right handed
Bowling	Right arm fast-medium
Role	Allrounder
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (2022-present)
ODI debut (cap 211)	6 January 2024 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	18 March 2024 v Bangladesh
T20I debut (cap 93)	20 February 2022 v Australia
Last T20I	27 February 2022 v India
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 9 3 66 88 Runs scored 346 28 3,317 2,901 Batting average 69.20 9.33 36.05 44.63 100s/50s 1/3 0/0 6/21 5/19 Top score 101* 11 140 130 Balls bowled 128 – 4,043 1,578 Wickets 1 – 57 46 Bowling average 129.00 – 41.36 30.19 5 wickets in innings 0 – 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 – 0 0 Best bowling 1/17 – 4/18 5/29 Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 38/– 37/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 March 2024

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 And he awarded from the emerging player of the tournemant.^[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.

In March 2024, he was selected in Srilanka's ODI squad for a series against Bangladesh.^[10] In the first ODI, he scored 67 runs off 69 balls.^[11]In the third ODI,he managed to score his maiden ODI century.[1]

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. . 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.
10. "Sri Lanka ODI Squad - Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 2024 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
11. "BAN vs SL, Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka 2023/24, 1st ODI at Chattogram, March 13, 2024 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2024.

External links

• Janith Liyanage at ESPNcricinfo