# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dinuka-hettiarachchi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:11:13.762Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dinuka-hettiarachchi"
name: "Dinuka Hettiarachchi"
slug: "dinuka-hettiarachchi"
description: "Dinuka Hettiarachchi is a former Sri Lankan Test cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler. Though he not played in international cricket since 2001, he is an active member in Sri Lanka domestic seasons. In 234 first-class matches, Hettiarachchi took exactly 1,000 wickets, the third Sri Lankan after Muttiah Muralitharan and Rangana Herath to achieve the landmark."
tagline: "Sri Lankan cricketer"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1976-07-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.4
  momentum:             9.23076923076923
  historical:           4.868646666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Dinuka Hettiarachchi"
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    title: "دينوكا هيتياراتشكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "দিনুকা হেত্তিয়ারাচ্চি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7_%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%B9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%86%DB%8C"
    title: "دینوکا ہیٹیارچی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "தினூக ஹெட்டியாரச்சி"
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    title: "దినుకా హెట్టియారాచ్చి"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump