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Athula Samarasekera
Sri Lanka
Player profile
Full name Maitipage Athula Rohitha Samarasekera
Born August 5, 1961, Colombo
Current age 46 years 286 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Colombo Cricket Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Other Coach
Relations Brother - JA Samarasekera
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
4 |
7 |
0 |
118 |
57 |
16.85 |
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0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
| ODIs |
39 |
39 |
2 |
844 |
76 |
22.81 |
1207 |
69.92 |
0 |
4 |
|
5 |
0 |
| First-class |
57 |
86 |
5 |
2737 |
191 |
33.79 |
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6 |
13 |
|
36 |
0 |
| List A |
57 |
57 |
3 |
1470 |
111* |
27.22 |
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1 |
8 |
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9 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
4 |
2 |
192 |
104 |
3 |
2/38 |
3/104 |
34.66 |
3.25 |
64.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
39 |
11 |
338 |
291 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
5.16 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
57 |
|
3774 |
1821 |
46 |
3/31 |
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39.58 |
2.89 |
82.0 |
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0 |
0 |
| List A |
57 |
|
826+ |
656 |
20 |
4/44 |
4/44 |
32.80 |
4.55* |
45.8* |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, Aug 25-30, 1988 scorecard |
| Last Test |
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sialkot, Dec 12-17, 1991 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Swansea, Jun 9, 1983 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Apr 18, 1994 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class span |
1982/83 - 1994/95 |
| List A span |
1983 - 1994/95 |
Athula Samarasekera was an imposing figure; a strapping physique leant him the ability to play some commanding innings. With the bat in hand he was capable of powerful strikes and was a more than handy medium-pace bowler. Samarasekera made an inauspicious start to his career, scoring a duck on his one-day international
debut. On his Test debut he matched the performance, being dismissed in the first innings for a duck. In the second innings he played a characteristically breezy innings making 57, punctuated by a number of boundaries. He completed a promising allround match capturing two wickets and taking two catches. Too
often though Samarasekera was dismissed when he seemed set to dominate the bowling, a substantial score beckoning. When he did score it was well worth watching as he provided maximum entertainment with his aggressive style. Never able to fully establish a permanent position in the team, Samarasekera chose to
end his international career by deciding to take up professional cricket in Bangladesh.
Johann P Jayasekera
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