Lahiru Kumara rapped on the knuckles and ankles

Bipin Dani, in Daily Mirror, 13 November 2018, where the title is “Heavy fine imposed on Kumara for breaking curfew”

Sri Lankan fast bowler Lahiru Kumara has not only been axed from the squad on disciplinary grounds but is has been heavily fined too, it is learnt here. This was according to highly placed sources close to the team management. Kumara broke the team curfew just two days prior to the Galle Test and was replaced by another fast bowler, Dushmantha Chameera.

Players are supposed to be in their rooms before 11.00 pm on non-match days. On match-days, they can’t be out of team hotel after 10.00 pm. It could not be verified if and who Kumara, who came to team hotel after 11.00pm on November 4 had met. “He (Lahiru Kumara) is yet to pay the fine which was imposed by the team’s Fine Committee”, sources said.

The Fine Committee is made up of 3-4 senior team members including the captain and a member of the support staff. The identity of the support staff was not revealed but it is likely to be the coach Chandika Hathurusingha.

“Our outgoing team manager (Charith Senanayake) felt the amount of fine is too high and requested it to be reduced. The proposal is still under consideration. The amount collected is used for charity and noble causes. It is also spent on team dinner etc”, the source further revealed. “The Fine Committee is not empowered to collect the said amount from player’s contract fees due from the Sri Lanka Cricket board. The victim is supposed to pay the fine in cash only,” the gentleman clarified.

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Full name Chandradasa Brahammana Ralalage Lahiru Sudesh Kumara

Born February 13, 1997, Kandy

Current age 21 years 273 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Matara District,Nondescripts Cricket Club, Sri Lanka Under-19s, Trinity College

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast

Education Trinity College, Kandy

 Explore Lahiru Kumara’s performance

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	12	18	7	44	10	4.00	117	37.60	0	0	8	0	3	0
ODIs	8	5	3	16	7*	8.00	37	43.24	0	0	2	0	2	0
First-class	26	36	13	207	47	9.00	334	61.97	0	0	24	8	6	0
List A	21	10	5	34	8	6.80	62	54.83	0	0	2	0	5	0
T20s	8	2	1	0	0*	0.00	2	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	0

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	12	22	2234	1475	40	6/122	7/135	36.87	3.96	55.8	4	1	0
ODIs	8	8	310	396	8	2/34	2/34	49.50	7.66	38.7	0	0	0
First-class	26	47	4070	2516	81	6/122	7/135	31.06	3.70	50.2	6	1	0
List A	21	20	790	750	32	4/21	4/21	23.43	5.69	24.6	2	0	0
T20s	8	8	168	181	12	3/31	3/31	15.08	6.46	14.0	0	0	0

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
3/19	SL Board XI	v England	Colombo (CCC)	1 Nov 2018	Other
1/42	SL Board XI	v England	Colombo (NCC)	30 Oct 2018	Other
2/34	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (RPS)	12 Aug 2018	ODI # 4031
0/28	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Pallekele	8 Aug 2018	ODI # 4030
2/67, 7*	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Pallekele	5 Aug 2018	ODI # 4029
3, 0/11	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Dambulla	29 Jul 2018	ODI # 4025
4/58, 0, 2/31	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Bridgetown	23 Jun 2018	Test # 2309
0, 4/86, 0*, 0/28	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Gros Islet	14 Jun 2018	Test # 2308
4/95, 8, 3/40, 0	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Port of Spain	6 Jun 2018	Test # 2306
5*, 3/47	Sri Lankans	v WICB XI	Tarouba	30 May 2018	FC