Shanuka Dulaj - A superb allrounder

Dilwin Mendis - Moratuwa Sports Correspondent

Shanuka Dulaj Vithanawasam is a fine allround cricketer produced from Prince of Wales College in recent times. He commenced his cricket career at the age of nine years and his first coach is Sumith Fernando.

He played for the school under 13 team and in the under 15, under 17 and currently in the first eleven team. While playing for under 15 he led the Cambrians for a few matches. In 2011, playing for Colombo South and in the finals against Colombo North he was adjudged as the Best Batsman and the Man of the Match. Then he went on to represent the under 17 team and he was selected for the Indian cricket tour with the Sri Lanka Schools under 17 cricket team.

Presently he is playing for the first eleven cricket team and a third year coloursman.

He bats right hand and bowls left arm leg spin. In the 2011/2012 season he scored 975 runs and claimed 75 wickets and at the Big match he was the Best Batsman. Last year his highest score was 117 runs against Mahanama College, Colombo and the best bowling figures was 11 for 126 against Mahinda College. In this season he scored 886 runs and took 38 wickets and in this year's Big Match he was awarded the Man of the Match award and Man of the Match for the One Dayer.

Further more he is in the Sri Lanka under 19 cricket pool for the forthcoming tour of Bangladesh.

During this season he notched a century and it was against Trinity College and had six fifties. His present coach is Suranga Wijenayake who too is a former Cambrian captain.

How he fared

Dharmasoka 49 n/o and 23, Dharmapala 23 n/o, St Thomas 41 and 3/7, Sri Sumangala 78 n/o and 4/33, Maris Stella 88, Thurstan 36 n/o and 3/23, St Peter's 72 and 4/29, Richmond 61, Ananda 00 and 2/57, Zahira 00 and 3/84, Mahanama 93 and 4/26, Gurukula 56 and 37, Trinity 18 and 100, St Sebastian's 31 and 8.