Having impressed with Sri Lanka's Under-19s side, Pushpakumara made his
Test debut in August 1994 against
Pakistan, where he was noted as the fastest bowler Sri Lanka had for many years. Despite his pace, his variation on duller pitches was lacking, and thus he failed to get into the Sri Lankan side on a regular basis. His best bowling figures in a Test innings are 7/116 which he made against
Zimbabwe at
Harare Sports Club in 1994/95. Pushpakumara could be viewed as another fast bowling prospect which failed to live up to expectation from Sri Lanka. Some started to call him "Wild Johnny" for his wayward lines he came up with more often than not. Pushpakumara's last Test was against
Bangladesh in the
Asian Test Championship. Since 2004 he has played
Twenty-20 cricket. == References ==