Athula Samarasekera

Sri Lanka|Middle order Batter
Athula Samarasekera
INTL CAREER: 1983 - 1994
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Full Name

Maitipage Athula Rohitha Samarasekera

Born

August 05, 1961, Colombo

Age

62y 227d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Playing Role

Middle order Batter

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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

Athula Samarasekera Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s6sCtSt
Tests4701185716.85--01130
ODIs393928447622.81120769.9204-50
FC57865273719133.79--613-360
List A575731470111*27.22--18-90

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests4219210432/383/10434.663.2564.0000
ODIs39113382910---5.16-000
FC57-37741821463/31-39.582.8982.0-00
List A57-826656204/444/4432.804.7641.3100
Maitipage Athula Rohitha Samarasekera

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