Full Name

Ronald Guy De Alwis

Born

February 15, 1960, Colombo

Died

January 12, 2013, Colombo, (aged 52y 332d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

Playing Role

Wicketkeeper Batter

RELATIONS

(brother),

(wife)

De Alwis had a constant tussle with Amal Silva to maintain the No.1 wicketkeeping berth. Quite tall, De Alwis was considered the superior keeper, though Silva held the upper hand in the batting stakes by quite a stretch. Mahes Goonatilleke's defection allowed de Alwis to make his debut on the 1982-83 tour of New Zealand. One of seven debutants in the first Test at Christchurch, de Alwis scored 0 and 3 and took one catch. Amal Silva was preferred in the next match, though De Alwis kept in all three Tests when New Zealand toured Sri Lanka. De Alwis's keeping was exemplary and while he made some handy scores in the lower order he could not convert them. Injury on the 1984 tour of England cost him his place, and Silva had a tremendous Test at Lords and kept his place with some solid knocks thereafter. In his further Tests - when Silva was injured or unwell - de Alwis kept tidily but his batting was below standard. Conversely in the one-day game de Alwis was quite a useful lower-order batsman.
Johann P Jayasekera

Guy de Alwis Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s6sCtSt
Tests11190152288.00--002212
ODIs3127840159*21.1051278.3202-273
FC375046737414.63--01-696
List A39341049859*20.75--02-375

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests11------------
ODIs31------------
FC37-000-----000
List A39-000-----000
Ronald Guy De Alwis

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Debut/Last Matches of Guy de Alwis

Recent Matches of Guy de Alwis

MatchBatWktDateGroundFormat
W. Prov (SL) vs C. Province29 & 120c/0s & 0c/0s15-Jun-1990Colombo (SSC)FC
Sri Lanka vs New Zealand16*0c/1s31-Mar-1988SharjahODI # 516
Sri Lanka vs India20c/0s25-Mar-1988SharjahODI # 512
Sri Lanka vs Australia0 & 82c/0s12-Feb-1988PerthTest # 1092
Sri Lanka vs Australia41c/0s19-Jan-1988SydneyODI # 496