Kaushal Lokuarachchi

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Kaushal Lokuarachchi
Sri Lanka
Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Legbreak
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	4	21
Runs scored	94	210
Batting average	23.50	14.00
100s/50s	-/-	0/1
Top score	28*	69
Balls bowled	594	1011
Wickets	5	31
Bowling average	59.00	23.38
5 wickets in innings	-	0
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	2/47	4/44
Catches/stumpings	1/-	5/-
As of 14 October 2007 Source: Cricinfo

Kaushal Samaraweera Lokuarachchi (born May 20, 1982 in Colombo) was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a legbreak bowler.

Having made an exceptional start to his career as an allrounder when he was a schoolboy, Lokuarachchi was made part of the Sri Lankan squad after the disastrous 2003 Cricket World Cup. He is primarily a leg-spinner, and it was thought that he would be able to capture a regular place in the team. However, having suffered from a car crash in August 2003 which killed a woman[1], he was given a four-month disciplinary ban by the Sri Lankan cricket board.

Having made his return steadily in the 2004 Provincial Tournament, he drifted back into the team, and having seen Muttiah Muralitharan suffer from a shoulder injury he captured a place in the team for the one-day series against South Africa in the Champions Trophy.

married to childhood sweetheart vidumini hansika jayasinghe in a civil ceremony in 2004.the wedding will be celebrated in 2008.