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Full name Graeme Fredrick Labrooy
Born June 7, 1964, Colombo
Current age 43 years 340 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Colombo Cricket Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Other Referee
Relations Brother - WC Labrooy

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	6s	Ct
Tests	9	14	3	158	70*	14.36			1	2	3
ODIs	44	36	7	249	33	8.58	350	71.14	0		8
First-class	49	53	8	924	70*	20.53			4		17
List A	49	39	7	289	33	9.03			0		9

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	9	15	2158	1194	27	5/133	7/90	44.22	3.31	79.9	3	1
ODIs	44	44	2308	1876	45	5/57	5/57	41.68	4.87	51.2	1	1
First-class	49		7695	4162	124	7/71		33.56	3.24	62.0		5
List A	49		2524	2007	50	5/57	5/57	40.14	4.77	50.4	1	1

Career statistics
Test debut	India v Sri Lanka at Kanpur, Dec 17-22, 1986 scorecard
Last Test	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Auckland, Mar 1-5, 1991 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	India v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Nov 27, 1986 scorecard
Last ODI	England v Sri Lanka at Ballarat, Mar 9, 1992 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1986/87 - 1993/94
List A span	1986/87 - 1991/92

Profile

A medium-fast bowler capable of producing displays of quality swing bowling, Graeme Labrooy modeled his text book action on Richard Hadlee. Labrooy formed what seemed to be a promising new ball partnership with Rumesh Ratnayake but for a variety of reasons his Test career was brief. Capable with the bat, on his day he could produce an attacking array of strokes that often set the opposition team aback with its ferocity. Labrooy made an inauspicious debut against India, batting at No. 11 and taking one expensive wicket as batsmen dominated the Test. At Lord's against England he added 64 for the last wicket with Ravi Ratnayeke, scoring 42 stylish runs while claiming 4 wickets with the ball. His development was held back by Sri Lanka's sporadic Test schedule. Due to the political tension in his homeland all of his nine Tests spread over a lengthy period, were played overseas. On the Australian tour he captured his first five wicket haul taking 5 for 133 at the Gabba. On the tour of New Zealand he just seemed to finding his feet at international level taking the new ball with Rumesh Ratnayake. With the ball he captured 13 wickets. In the third Test at Auckland, unfortunately his final Test, he had a superb allround match. With the ball he captured 3 for 48 and 4 for 42 and with the bat he launched an astonishing display battering the Kiwi attack, scoring an unbeaten 70 in 80 balls with 14 boundaries.
Johann P Jayasekera