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Full name Asanka Pradeep Gurusinha
Born September 16, 1966, Colombo
Current age 42 years 30 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Nondescripts Cricket Club,Sinhalese Sports Club
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
41
70
7
2452
143
38.92
7
8
11
33
0
ODIs
147
143
5
3902
117*
28.27
6409
60.88
2
22
49
0
First-class
124
183
19
7169
162
43.71
20
32
89
0
List A
173
169
6
4365
117*
26.77
2
23
56
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
41
39
1408
681
20
2/7
4/68
34.05
2.90
70.4
0
0
0
ODIs
147
55
1585
1354
26
2/25
2/25
52.07
5.12
60.9
0
0
0
First-class
124
5132
2298
107
5/54
21.47
2.68
47.9
1
0
List A
173
2035
1676
39
3/36
3/36
42.97
4.94
52.1
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Nov 7-11, 1985 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Colombo (SSC), Sep 18-21, 1996 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Hyderabad (Sind), Nov 3, 1985 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Nov 8, 1996 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1984/85 - 1996/97
List A span
1984/85 - 1996/97
Profile
Wisden overview A technically accomplished No. 3, Asanka Gurusinha was the rock on which the Sri Lankan batting was founded for 11 years. His gutsy lone battles earned the respect of opponents around the world: a Sri Lankan total of 82 in Chandigarh in 1990-91 contained an unbeaten Gurusinha half-century; at Melbourne in 1995-96, he scored 143 to his team-mates' 144; and with Aravinda de Silva's help, he turned the tables on Australia in the 1996 World Cup final with another half-century. He started Test cricket as a teenager as a wicketkeeper-batsman, but retired prematurely a year after the World Cup triumph after refusing to return home for training from a season of club cricket in Melbourne, where he now lives. He was badly missed. Simon Wilde
