Muthumudalige Pushpakumara
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| Full name | Muthumudalige Pushpakumara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 September 1981 Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 142) | 27 December 2009 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 5 January 2010 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only T20I (cap 32) | 9 December 2009 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2008–2009 | Basnahira North | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–present | Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2007 | Colts Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Muthumudalige Pushpakumara (born 26 September 1981) is a Sri Lankan cricket coach and former international player. A left-handed batsman and right-arm off break bowler, he played three One Day International (ODI) and one Twenty20 International (T20I) matches for the Sri Lanka national cricket team between 2009 and 2010.
Early life[edit]
Pushpakumara studied at Ananda College, Colombo.[1]
International career[edit]
He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in late 2009 against India, which was abandoned because of dangerous pitch.[2] Pushpakumara made his only T20I appearance in the same tour in India, where Sri Lanka won the match by 29 runs.[3]
Coaching career[edit]
Pushpakumara was appointed head coach of the Kuwait national cricket team in 2019. He was additionally appointed spin bowling coach of the Jaffna Kings for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[1]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b "Muthumudalige Pushpakumara Joins Jaffna Kings as Spin Bowling Coach". Daily News. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "Match abandoned because of dangerous pitch". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Sri Lanka tour of India, 1st T20I: India v Sri Lanka at Nagpur, Dec 9, 2009". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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- 1981 births
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- Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club cricketers
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- Living people
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- Sri Lankan expatriates in Kuwait
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