Malinda Pushpakumara
- D.O.B.: 24/03/1987
- Player Type: Bowling All-Rounder (Spin)
- Availabilty: Yes
- Nationality: Sri Lankan
- Playing Role: Right-handed Lower Order Batter and Slow Left-Arm Orthodox
- Coaching qualifications: ECB Level 2
- Recent teams: Police Sports Club (SL Domestic Cricket)
- Entry route: International Sportspersons Visa
- Available: April to September
Malinda Pushpakumara is a world-class spinner from Sri Lanka. A former International that has represented Sri Lanka in both Test & ODI Cricket, his record within the professional game is surely without peer amongst current active professional cricketers. Currently playing for the Police Sports Club in the Sri Lankan domestic system, the crafty Left-arm Spinner has amassed over 1200 professional wickets.
Having debuted for Singha Sports Club back in 2006-07, he has helped himself to 9 x 50+ wicket seasons and in summer 2016-17, he took a ridiculous 98 wickets @ 14.70. In November 2017, he was unsurprisingly named the best bowler in domestic cricket at Sri Lanka Cricket’s annual awards. He backed this up with the most wickets in the 2017–18 Premier League Tournament, 70 dismissals from 10 matches.
He’d debuted for Sri Lanka’s in Test & ODI Cricket in August/Sept 2017 against India, picking up 15 international wickets in 6 games with Ajinkya Rahane his first test scalp.
Seeking his first season in the UK in 2024, Malinda joined Birkenhead Park CC in the ECB Liverpool Premier League and was incredible, bagging 84 wickets @ 9.79 with 72 of them coming in the league, made all the more incredible for the fact he didn’t arrive until the last Saturday in May.
With a record like his, Malinda will be a highly sought after Professional and is no doubt the best Slow Left-arm Orthodox spinner available for the summer.
Player Statistics
View StatisticsTeam | Season | Matches | Innings | Runs |
---|---|---|---|---|
Birkenhead Park CC | 2024 | 24 | 18 | 122 |
HS | Average | Wickets | Average | Best Bowling |
25* | 7.18 | 84 | 9.79 | 9-95 |
Team | Season | Matches | Innings | Runs |
Police SC (First Class) | 2023-24 | 9 | 10 | 70 |
HS | Average | Wickets | Average | Best Bowling |
14 | 8.75 | 72 | 15.79 | 7-63 |
Team | Season | Matches | Innings | Runs |
Colombo CC (First Class) | 2021-22 | 11 | 12 | 122 |
HS | Average | Wickets | Average | Best Bowling |
35 | 12.20 | 70 | 20.82 | 8-27 |