Full Name

Roger Gerard Christopher Ediriweera Wijesuriya

Born

February 18, 1960, Moratuwa

Age

64y 30d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

Sri Lankan left-arm spinner Roger Wijesuriya has a claim to being the most toothless bowler in Test history. He played four Tests between 1982 and 1986, and had a strike rate of a wicket every 586 balls. On average it took Wijesuriya 97 overs to take a wicket. In other words, if he bowled at both ends throughout a five-day Test, the opposition would be only four down at the end of the match ... and they would have scored 1355 runs. He made more impression earlier in his career when he took 25 wickets in an U19 series against Pakistan.
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Roger Wijesuriya Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests4722284.40--00-010
ODIs8321812*18.004837.50000020
FC42471748677*16.20--01--270
List A22966424*21.33--00--50

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests4558629411/681/77294.003.01586.0000
ODIs8831228782/252/2535.875.5139.0000
FC42-701427581076/51-25.772.3565.5-31
List A22-931683325/215/2121.344.4029.0110

Umpire & Referee

FormatMatReferee
FC11
List A33
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