Prabath Nissanka

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Prabath Nissanka
Sri Lanka (SL)
Prabath Nissanka
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling type Right-arm medium-fast
Tests ODIs
Matches 4 23
Runs scored 18 53
Batting average 6.00 6.62
100s/50s -/- -/-
Top score 12* 11
Balls bowled 587 997
Wickets 10 27
Bowling average 36.60 31.74
5 wickets in innings 1 -
10 wickets in match - N/A
Best bowling 5/64 4/12
Catches/stumpings -/- 3/-

As of 9 February 2006
Source: Cricinfo.com

Ratnayake Arachchige Prabath Nissanka (born October 25, 1980 in Ambalantota) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.

Having had an impressive debut in Sharjah in October 2001, picking up two wickets in the process, Nissanka (who is prone to suffering from various ailments on his knees) soon found himself subject to an attack by Naved Latif and Inzamam-ul-Haq upon the following meeting of the two teams. Nissanka also played List A cricket between 1998 and 2003. He is a member of the MRF Foundation for pace bowlers.

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup Sri Lanka

1 Jayasuriya | 2 Atapattu | 3 Jayawardene | 4 Sangakkara | 5 De Silva | 6 Arnold | 7 Mubarak | 8 Tillakaratne | 9 Muralitharan | 10 Vaas | 11 Fernando | 12 Gunaratne | 13 Gunawardene | 14 Nissanka | 15 Buddhika | Coach: Whatmore