User talk:Yohan Wijewickrama

YM Wijewickrama
Full name :- Yohan Madusanka Wijewickrama

Born :- May 19, 1992, Colombo

Current age :- 23 years

Major teams :- Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club,, Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club, Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, Sri Lanka Board President's XI, Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI, Sri Lanka Under-17s, Sri Lanka Under-21s, Wayamba

Playing role :- Wicket Keeper Opening batsman

Batting style :- Right-hand bat

Height 5 ft 7 in

Education Nalanda College, Colombo

Relation :- Father Captain PN Wijewickrama RSP USP SLLI

An opening batsman of rare power, Yohan Wijewickrama earned a call-up to the Under 17 national side for the 2008 after impressing at the inaugural SPL, in which he was the top scorer. Brutal on anything short and almost as severe when bowlers overpitch,Yohan Wijewickrama is a firm convert of the Sanath Jayasuriya school of opening - hit it hard, long and over the infield. His 44 from 23 balls to clinch the SPL title for the Colombo Gladiators franchise included five sixes and two fours.

A product of Nalanda College and the son of a Army Officer,Yohan Wijewickrama began playing cricket at age 12 and rose through the age grades to represent Sri Lanka at U-17 level, before moving on to U-19 cricket at Bloomfield Cricket Club. He had been in and out of the Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI team prior to national selection, but had marked himself out as a future talent nonetheless, first as a teenager when he struck six consecutive sixes in the Ananda-Nalanda school cricket match, and later by winning a single-wicket tournament organised by SLC.

With a poor conversion rate in his first-class career to date,Yohan Wijewickrama is yet to marry an appetite for boundaries with the temperament that might make him a candidate for national selection in the longer forms as well. But at 21, Sri Lanka have seen enough raw talent to invest in Yohan Wijewickrama, beginning with a stint in the Twenty20 outfit.