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A woman who went on a Tinder date with Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has been grilled in court about whether the batsman took a condom off and stealthed her.
The international cricket star is facing a judge alone trial at the Downing Centre District Court after pleading not guilty to one charge of sexual assault without consent.
The charge relates to an incident on November 2 last year where it is alleged Mr Gunathilaka removed a condom while having sex with a woman at her eastern suburbs home, known as stealthing.
The pair first met at Opera Bar, where CCTV footage shows them embracing as they meet, before having drinks together at the city and heading back to the woman's home via ferry.
Continuing her evidence via audiovisual link, the woman was grilled by the cricketer's barrister, Murugan Thangaraj SC, about the intimate moment.
Cricket star Danushka Gunathilaka (pictured outside court on Tuesday) has pleaded not guilty to one charge of sexual assault without consent
The star's barrister, Murugan Thangaraj SC, grilled the woman about the intimate moment (pictured, Danushka Gunathilaka outside court in Sydney)
The woman on Monday had told Crown Prosecutor Gabrielle Steedman that Mr Gunathilaka tried to persuade her not to use a condom.
But Mr Thangaraj insisted that wasn't the case.
'He never said he did not want to wear a condom that night,' the barrister said on Tuesday.
'He never tried to persuade you to have unprotected sex.'
The alleged victim replied: 'That is not correct'.
Mr Thangaraj pressed the women about her police statement, telling the court she wrote that Mr Gunathilaka had 'one hand choking' her, while the other was 'on the bed'.
He told the court the statement
