Sri Lanka’s magical fastest to 1000 runs domestic record holder Nishan Madushka, who basks in a lofty domestic record trail blazer with a 300 innings to boot, did rekindle that inherent strongpoint in his willow works when he slammed a match winnings 127 in the Sri Lanka Cricket National Super League for Dambulla in blazing away to an improbable 392 victory target against Kandy recently in hitting out of the window the epoch double century works of Pathum Nissanka in the opposite camp, in showmanship that did pertinently raise the question whether such a record discovery has received the desired width of continuity in his brief international career.
There has been an evident blot in the 25-year old batsman’s international career in so much that he has not enjoyed a much needed confidence building continuity since debuting in 2023, March 17 where the cricketing slogan word consistency, a necessary prerequisite to a young player gaining confidence has been a negating factor.
By and large in a scenario of lack of player self-confidence building continuity in the international arena that has been screwing up element of player careers in the Sri Lankan scenario where we have seen promising players fall on the wayside. Apparently Madushka’s career thus far seems flawed in an inconsistent 2-year run where he has played just 10 test matches been more or less a type of stop gap player.
In that player handling selector drawback, Madushka scoring a double test century in a 571 aggregate averaging 33.58 has been an underlining fact of the youngster’s flair for record big scores in that little available space that came his way in the big arena – 1000 milestone in a domestic season, 300 not out in domestic club cricket to the most recent match winning lightning century. It was to echo the Madushka big score element that has propelled his career. He has played 4 ODIs with a highest of 69 since debuting in 2024 October 20 versus the West Indies.
The unmistakable message Madushka sent out by his almost run a match winning 127 for Dambulla was that here is a batsman suited for any situation in the middle.
For the record, Madushka basks in an elite single hall of fame in Sri Lanka’s domestic cricket being the only batsman to have achieved the magical 1000 runs in a calendar year in just six innings. His accomplishments do make waves on his unbeaten 300 in a domestic game, 202 in a test match versus Ireland in 2023, and most recent explosive century works in batting his side to braving a huge 300-plus target, is a magnifying groove of a record wilder of the willow.