Dulip Liyanage

Dulip Liyanage
දුලිප් ලියනගේ
Personal information
Full name	Dulip Kapila Liyanage
Born	6 June 1972 (age 48); Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Batting	Left-hand bat
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (1992-2001);
Test debut (cap 53)	2 September 1992 v Australia
Last Test	29 August 2001 v India
ODI debut (cap 67)	4 December 1992 v New Zealand
Last ODI	30 October 2001 v Zimbabwe
Career statistics
	Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2006

Dulip Kapila Liyanage (born June 6, 1972 in Kalutara) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He studied at the Kalutara Vidyalaya.

International career

Liyanage made his Test debut in the same Test as Muttiah Muralitharan in 1992-93, and when bowling, captured the wicket of Tom Moody with his third ball. He went wicketless during the summers against India in 1993-94, and didn't return until 1997. Following this he played in several One-day internationals before injury in Pakistan ruled him out again.

He along with Kumar Dharmasena set the record for the highest 8th wicket stand for Sri Lanka in ODI cricket (91).[1][2]

Domestic career

Dulip continued to dominate in first class cricket representing Colts Cricket Club in Colombo, Sri Lanka as an attacking All-Rounder, which earned him the opportunity of representing Sri Lanka in Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes tournament(2003) as Captain/Manager.

In the 2006/07 Australian season, Dulip was contracted as a coach/player at the East Ivanhoe Saints Cricket Club in Victoria. Dulip now plays and coaches the Preston Druids Cricket Club

Being an ECB and Australia Level-2 accredited qualified coach, Dulip is currently associated with Cricket Victoria and Parade College in a coaching capacity. Dulip is currently running own academy ( DLCA) in Melbourne.

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References

"Only ODI: West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Jun 6, 1997 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
"Cricket Records | Records | Sri Lanka | One-Day Internationals | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 2016-11-23. Retrieved 2017-03-28.

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[1] "Only ODI: West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Jun 6, 1997 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-28.

[2] "Cricket Records | Records | Sri Lanka | One-Day Internationals | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 2016-11-23. Retrieved 2017-03-28.