Lakshan Sandakan

Paththamperuma Arachchige Don Lakshan Rangika Sandakan, commonly known as Lakshan Sandakan (born 10 June 1991), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the national team in all three formats of the game. He is a past pupil of De Mazenod College, Kandana.

Lakshan Sandakan
Personal information
Full namePaththamperuma Arachchige Don Lakshan Rangika Sandakan
Born (1991-06-10) 10 June 1991
Ragama, Sri Lanka
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm wrist-spin
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 136)26 July 2016 v Australia
Last Test23 November 2018 v England
ODI debut (cap 174)21 August 2016 v Australia
Last ODI1 March 2020 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 69)22 January 2017 v South Africa
Last T20I6 March 2020 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
CCC
Saracens Sports Club
Southern Express CC
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I
Matches 11 24 16
Runs scored 117 34 20
Batting average 10.63 3.40 6.66
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 25 6 10
Balls bowled 2,063 1,076 378
Wickets 37 20 17
Bowling average 34.48 58.05 27.82
5 wickets in innings 2 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/95 4/52 4/23
Catches/stumpings 6/- 8/0 6/-
Source: Cricinfo, 6 March 2020

Domestic career

Domestically he is a first-class cricketer who plays for Colombo Cricket Club.[1] He took the most wickets in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament, with a total of 52 dismissals from 10 matches and 18 innings.[2]

In March 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[3][4] The following month, he was also named in Colombo's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[5] He was the leading wicket-taker for Colombo in the tournament, with twelve dismissals in five matches.[6]

In August 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[7] In March 2019, he was named in Dambulla's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[8] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Galle Gladiators for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[9]

International career

In July 2016 he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against Australia.[10] On 26 July 2016 he made his Test debut for Sri Lanka against Australia.[11]

In the first innings, Sandakan took his first Test wicket by bowling Mitchell Marsh. He took 4 for 58 runs in the first innings and 3 for 49 in the second innings. His match figures of 7 for 107 were the best by a slow left-arm wrist-spin on Test debut. Sri Lanka won the match by 106 runs giving them only their second win against Australia in 27 matches.[12]

He made his One Day International debut for Sri Lanka against Australia on 21 August 2016. He took his first ODI wicket by caught Matthew Wade in his first over.[13]

In January 2017 he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against South Africa.[14] He made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka against South Africa on 22 January 2017,[15] taking a wicket with his first delivery. He was the first Sri Lankan to achieve this feat.[16]

On 2 July 2017, Sandakan was brought into the second ODI match against Zimbabwe. Sandakan took four wickets in the match, which Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets. He was adjudged his first man of the match award for bowling performance.[17]

He took his first five-wicket haul on day two of the third Test against India at Pallekele International Stadium. He became the first slow left-arm wrist-spin bowler for Sri Lanka to take a five-wicket haul in a Test innings.[18] His figures did not held Sri Lanka to win the match due to poor batting performances in both innings. India won the match by an innings and 171 runs, and whitewashed Sri Lanka for the first time in tests as well.[19]

Sandakan played third Test against India at Delhi. Though he took four wickets in the first innings, he conceded more than 100 runs to the opposition.[20] With few interruptions in the test due to air pollution, match was ended quiet early in first two days.[21] While batting, Sandakan helped skipper Dinesh Chandimal to reach his century to 150 by hanging at the other end as the final wicket.

In May 2018, he was one of 33 cricketers to be awarded a national contract by Sri Lanka Cricket ahead of the 2018–19 season.[22][23]

Personal life

Sandakan began playing cricket at the age of 17 and was educated at Mattumagala Karunaratne Buddhist College and De Mazenod College.[24]

See also

References
  1. "Lakshan Sandakan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. "Records: AIA Premier League Tournament, 2015/16: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  3. "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. "All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament". 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. "2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament: Colombo Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  7. "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  8. "Squads, Fixtures announced for SLC Provincial 50 Overs Tournament". The Papare. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  9. "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  10. "Siriwardana left out of Sri Lanka squad for first Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  11. "Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 1st Test: Sri Lanka v Australia at Pallekele, Jul 26-30, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  12. Jayaraman, Shiva. "Sandakan creates history as left-arm spinners take stage". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  13. "Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 1st ODI: Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS), Aug 21, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  14. "Sri Lanka pick uncapped Thikshila de Silva for SA T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  15. "Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 2nd T20I: South Africa v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, Jan 22, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  16. "Records: Twenty20 Internationals: Bowling records: Wicket with first ball in career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  17. "Hasaranga hat-trick, Sandakan four; Zimbabwe 155". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  18. "Pandya's maiden ton headlines 15-wicket day". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  19. "A rare clean sweep away from home". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  20. "Kohli's 243 hands India massive advantage". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  21. "Delhi pollution interrupts India-Sri Lanka Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  22. "Sri Lanka assign 33 national contracts with pay hike". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  23. "Sri Lankan players to receive pay hike". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  24. "Sandakan – a dream debut". Ceylon Today. 28 July 2016.
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