Avishka Gunawardene

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Avishka Gunawardene
Sri Lanka
Personal information
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	-
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	6	61
Runs scored	181	1708
Batting average	16.45	28.46
100s/50s	-/-	1/12
Top score	43	132
Balls bowled	-	-
Wickets	-	-
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	2/-	13/-
As of 9 February 2006 Source: [1]

Dihan Avishka Gunawardene (born May 26, 1977 in Colombo) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is an explosive left-handed batsman who first came into the public eye during the 1998 Commonwealth Games, when he scored a century and achieved the highest score in the South African defeat.

Despite a few very impressive century innings, avoidable dismissals stopped Gunawardene from regularly appearing for the team. Gunawardene's opportunity arose in the Asia Cup in 2005 when Marvan Atapattu was rested for a game. Gunawardene has been involved in Twenty20 cricket since 2004.

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