Dilhara Lokuhettige
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Colombo, Sri Lanka
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| Full name | Loku Hettige Danushka Dilhara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 July 1980 (age 45) Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 124) | 30 July 2005 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 9 July 2013 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 6) | 10 October 2008 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 12 October 2008 v Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Source: Cricinfo], 10 April 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loku Hettige Danushka Dilhara (born 3 July 1980), known as Dilhara Lokuhettige, is a Sri Lankan former cricketer, who played limited over cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Lokuhittege had captained Colombo's Asoka Vidalaya from Under-13s to senior level. In January 2021, he was found guilty of three offences under the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.[1] As a result, he was banned from all cricket for eight years.[2]
Lokuhettige was suspected by Al Jazeera along with Jeevantha Kulatunga for being involved in match fixing during a fake T20 series in the United Arab Emirates.[3]
The Al Jazeera's Investigation Unit also revealed that former Pakistani cricketer Hasan Raza, Jeevantha Kulatunga and Dilhara Lokuhettige were preparing to make money by organising and arranging a fake tournament in the UAE solely to make huge collection of money to fix matches in the future.[4]
International career
When he was first picked for the Indian Oil Cup in 2005, there was relative shock, as Lokuhettige was picked practically out of obscurity after moderate domestic performances. However, he proved a quality acquisition, capturing both good batting and bowling statistics.
Domestic career
His big break came when he joined Bloomfield and met Ruchira Palliyaguru in 1999, who recommended him to the cricketing academy. He has Twenty-20 cricket since 2004 and was picked for the national team for the first time in July 2005. He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Moors Sports Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[5]
