Ravindra Pushpakumara

Deshabandu Karuppiahyage Ravindra Pushpakumara (born 21 July 1975), or Ravindra Pushpakumara, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer of Tamil - Sinhalese mixed ancestry. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He was a key member of Sri Lanka's 1996 Cricket World Cup winning team.

Deshabandu

Ravindra Pushpakumara
රවීන්ද්‍ර පුෂ්පකුමාර
ரவீந்திர புஷ்பகுமார

Personal information
Full name	Karuppiahyage Ravindra Pushpakumara
Born	(1975-07-21) 21 July 1975 (age 49) Panadura, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (1994–2001)
Test debut (cap 61)	26 August 1994 v Pakistan
Last Test	6 September 2001 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 77)	18 February 1994 v India
Last ODI	19 December 1999 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years	Team
	Colombo Cricket Club
	Colts Cricket Club
	Nondescripts Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI Matches 23 31 Runs scored 166 36 Batting average 8.73 9.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 44 14* Balls bowled 3,792 1,430 Wickets 58 24 Bowling average 38.65 49.20 5 wickets in innings 4 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 7/116 3/25 Catches/stumpings 10/– 8/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  Sri Lanka ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 1996 India-Pakistan-Sri Lanka
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 February 2006

Early and domestic career

Pushpakumura was educated at St. John's College Panadura.^[1] He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.^[2]

International career

Having impressed with Sri Lanka's Under-19s side, Pushpakumura made his Test debut in August 1994 against Pakistan, where he was noted as the fastest bowler Sri Lanka had for many years.^{[citation needed]}

Despite his pace, his variation on duller pitches was lacking, and thus he failed to get into the Sri Lankan side on a regular basis. His best bowling figure in a Test innings is 7/116 which he made against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club in 1994/95. Pushpakumara could be viewed as another fast bowling prospect which failed to live up to expectation from Sri Lanka. Some started to call him "Wild Johnny" for his wayward lines he came up with more often than not. Pushpakumura's last Test was against Bangladesh in the Asian Test Championship. Since 2004 he has played Twenty-20 cricket.^{[citation needed]}