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Full name Kaushal Samaraweera Lokuarachchi
Born May 20, 1982, Colombo
Current age 26 years 182 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club,Sinhalese Sports Club,Sri Lanka A,Wayamba
Nickname Loku
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Education St. Peter's College
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
4
5
1
94
28*
23.50
162
58.02
0
0
14
1
1
0
ODIs
21
18
3
210
69
14.00
262
80.15
0
1
9
5
5
0
First-class
80
111
11
2620
101*
26.20
2
10
39
0
List A
97
69
11
1208
77*
20.82
0
6
32
0
Twenty20
8
6
0
88
31
14.66
66
133.33
0
0
10
3
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
4
6
594
295
5
2/47
2/78
59.00
2.97
118.8
0
0
0
ODIs
21
21
1011
725
31
4/44
4/44
23.38
4.30
32.6
1
0
0
First-class
80
12389
5379
232
7/17
23.18
2.60
53.4
7
1
List A
97
4421
3142
141
5/27
5/27
22.28
4.26
31.3
5
1
0
Twenty20
8
8
163
154
13
3/16
3/16
11.84
5.66
12.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (PSS), Apr 25-29, 2003 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v Australia at Kandy, Mar 16-20, 2004 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Kenya v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Apr 6, 2003 scorecard
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (RPS), Oct 13, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
2000/01
Last First-class
Sinhalese Sports Club v Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (SSC), Mar 20-22, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2001/02
Last List A
Kandurata v Wayamba at Colombo (SSC), Jan 13, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club at Colombo (RPS), Sep 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Sinhalese Sports Club v Sri Lanka Army at Colombo (CCC), Mar 2, 2007 scorecard
Profile
Loukaracchchi is unfortunate that he belongs to an era where there are two
other right-arm legspinners are also vying for a berth in the national team. The presence of Upul Chandana and Malinga Bandara meant that 'Loku', as he is referred to by team-mates, have no place in the national team which also has the inimitable
offspinner Muttiah Muralitharan.
It seems Loku has somewhat decided that his best chance to play in the national team is in the shorter version of the game. He says he loves to play one-day cricket and his style of bowling and batting is most suited to it. "It is difficult to play one-day cricket than Test cricket because the intensity is great. I love the challenge," Loku said.
He believes as a legspinner he has a lot to learn, but admits gaining experience each time he plays for his country. He is also a useful batsman down the order with two first-class centuries and a batting average of 27.
He tarnished his cricket career in August 2003 when he was involved in a fatal late-night car crash which resulted in him being banned on disciplinary grounds for four months. Loku has put that bad experience behind him and concentrated on trying to win back his place in the national side.
He had an outstanding career at St. Peter's College where he won the best bowler's prize and was also voted Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year. Loku then joined Bloomfield in 1999 and represented them till last season when he changed clubs and went to SSC where he took 14 wickets in the Premier league semi-final against Colts and followed it up with a century which is the best performance of his career so far.
Has benefited from attending Sri Lanka Spin Academy headed by former Sri Lanka offspinner Ruwan Kalpage and from coaching received from Sri Lanka A-team coach Chandika Hathurusingha.
Sa'adi Tawfeeq July 2007
