Full Name

Kahakatchchi Patabandige Jayananda Warnaweera

Born

November 23, 1960, Matara

Age

63y 117d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium, Right arm Offbreak

Warnaweera was an effective bowler in his limited Test career. An offspinner, Warnaweera bowled the ball at a quick pace but questions over the legality of his action eventually saw him sanctioned from the international arena.

Under home conditions where he played the majority of his Tests he was a dangerous customer. A promising series against an England A team saw Warnaweera make his test debut against Pakistan in 1986. Used sparingly he had the figures of 1/26 bowling only 8.3 overs and had to wait till November 1990 for his second chance in the one off Test against India, taking 3/90 from 46 tidy overs. On the following tour of NZ he went wicketless at Wellington in what turned out to be his only Test in the series. Recalled against New Zealand in 1992/93. At SSC he took 4/25 as Sri Lanka spun New Zealand out, winning the Test and hence the series 1-0. At the same ground Warnaweera was instrumental in helping Sri Lanka to its first victory over England capturing 8/188 from 65.1 overs in the match. Against the Indian batsman he was less effective taking 6 wickets in 3 Tests.

Following the conclusion of his playing career Warnaweera became involve in the preparation of the Galle stadium. One of his proudest moments being when the ground hosted the second Test against Sri Lanka and New Zealand, its inaugural international fixture.

(Johann P Jayasekera , Sep 1999)

Jayananda Warnaweera Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests1012339204.33--004000
ODIs63311*-119.09000020
FC68763326524*6.16--00--100
List A73311*---000020

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests101523331021324/258/18831.902.6272.9300
ODIs6629420062/242/2433.334.0849.0000
FC68-1295357292877/16-19.962.6545.1-226
List A7-294267104/674/6726.705.4429.4100
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Debut/Last Matches of Jayananda Warnaweera

Recent Matches of Jayananda Warnaweera

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan4 & 03/63 & 2/10809-Aug-1994Colombo (PSS)Test # 1265
Sri Lanka vs India1*2/8604-Aug-1993Colombo (PSS)Test # 1229
Sri Lanka vs India20 & 2*3/76 & 1/8627-Jul-1993Colombo (SSC)Test # 1228
Sri Lanka vs India----17-Jul-1993KandyTest # 1226
Sri Lanka vs England14/90 & 4/9813-Mar-1993Colombo (SSC)Test # 1219

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Jayananda Warnaweera inspects Galle International Stadium