Heshan Hettiarachchi - AusCrick
Gender Male
Date of Birth 30/10/1998
Age 25
Nationality Sri Lankan
Player Status Available
Playing Role Bowling All-Rounder (Seam)
Bowling Style RA Medium Fast
Batting Style RH Middle Order Bat
Major Teams Current club - Army Sports Club , recently played for - Galle team ( National Super League)
Coaching Qualifications Data not Available

Heshan Hettiarachchi is one of the exciting prospects who graduated from Mahanama College, Colombo 03 and he is a genuine seam bowling all-rounder playing for the star-studded Sri Lanka Army Sports Club playing alongside national stars including the likes of Sekkuge Prasanna, Tharindu Kaushal, Thisara Perera, Asela Gunaratne, and Dinesh Chandimal, the quick has impressed since his debut in February 2019 and he was the under 23 captain of the Army Sports Club 2020. The Army has been one of the form sides in Sri Lankan domestic cricket, both prior to, and since the return of cricket post-COVID. Hettiarchchi has been integral to this success, helping them to the Premier League Tournament (Tier A) Super Eights (2019 20), Twenty20 Final (2020 21), and three successive Limited Overs Semi-Finals (2019 20, 20 21, 21 22). The all-rounder made an immediate impact on .Sri Lankan domestic cricket in 2019 20, finishing as the Limited Overs Tournament’s third-leading wicket-taker (13 wickets at 16.53) for Army Sports Club. He backed up with a strong red ball 2020 21 season (164 runs at 23.42 and 12 wickets), and T20 campaign (10 wickets at 14.30). In the most recent One Day Tournament, Hettiarchchi once again starred taking a further 9 wickets at 17.77. He is currently playing in National Super League One Day (List A) and Four Day (first class) 2022. A brisk, and a skillful pacer, who is known as a hard-hitting batter in the lower-middle order, Hettiarchchi has long been regarded as a player with national potential. He excelled in Sri Lanka’s Under-19 (Division 1) Two Day Tournament taking 84 wickets at 18.61 alongside 1,033 runs at 25.20 with two centuries, before breaking into Senior cricket. Now a fully established member of the Army side, the all-rounder is looking to break into international cricket in future. For now, though, he hopes to impress for the remainder of Sri Lanka’s domestic season before exploring his maiden Aus stint in 2022

Profile Last Updated: 2022/03/31