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Full name Don Sardha Brendon Priyantha Kuruppu
Born January 5, 1962, Colombo
Current age 46 years 238 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club,Burgher Recreation Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
4
7
1
320
201*
53.33
829
38.60
1
0
41
0
1
0
ODIs
54
52
1
1022
72
20.03
1978
51.66
0
4
30
8
First-class
48
79
7
2671
201*
37.09
5
13
47
10
List A
73
69
1
1362
80
20.02
0
7
35
2
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
54
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
48
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
List A
73
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (CCC), Apr 16-21, 1987 scorecard
Last Test
England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, Aug 22-27, 1991 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (SSC), Apr 30, 1983 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, May 2, 1990 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1982/83 - 1991
List A span
1982/83 - 1991/92
Profile
Greatness was firmly thrust upon Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-opener Brendon Kuruppu, but only for a day or two, as he became only the third person to score a double-century on his Test debut, against New Zealand - Richard Hadlee and all - in Colombo. Kuruppu did it the hard way too: his 777-minute innings is the slowest double-hundred in first-class history, all very out of character for a man who later made his reputation as a one-day slogger. It was his first first-class century, and his last Test century: Kuruppu only played four Tests, two of them in England, in 1988 and 1991.
Rob Smyth
