Roger Wijesuriya
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Full Name
Roger Gerard Christopher Ediriweera Wijesuriya
Born
February 18, 1960, Moratuwa
Age
64y 67d
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
Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 4 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 4.40 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 |
ODIs | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12* | 18.00 | 48 | 37.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
FC | 42 | 47 | 17 | 486 | 77* | 16.20 | - | - | 0 | 1 | - | - | 27 | 0 |
List A | 22 | 9 | 6 | 64 | 24* | 21.33 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 0 |
Bowling
Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 4 | 5 | 586 | 294 | 1 | 1/68 | 1/77 | 294.00 | 3.01 | 586.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 8 | 8 | 312 | 287 | 8 | 2/25 | 2/25 | 35.87 | 5.51 | 39.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FC | 42 | - | 7014 | 2758 | 107 | 6/51 | - | 25.77 | 2.35 | 65.5 | - | 3 | 1 |
List A | 22 | - | 931 | 683 | 32 | 5/21 | 5/21 | 21.34 | 4.40 | 29.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Umpire & Referee
Format | Mat | Referee |
---|---|---|
FC | 1 | 1 |
List A | 3 | 3 |
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Recent Matches of Roger Wijesuriya
Match | Bat | Bowl | Date | Ground | Format |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colts CC vs Nondescripts | 1* | 1/7 | 23-Feb-1993 | Colombo (RPS) | List A |
Colts CC vs Antonians SC | -- | 5/21 | 13-Jan-1993 | Colombo (RPS) | List A |
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan | 2 & 2* | 1/68 & 0/9 | 07-Nov-1985 | Karachi | Test # 1028 |
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan | 12* | 2/25 | 03-Nov-1985 | Hyderabad (Sind) | ODI # 338 |
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan | 8 & 0 | 0/10 | 27-Oct-1985 | Sialkot | Test # 1027 |
Debut/Last Matches of Roger Wijesuriya
Test Matches
ODI Matches
FC Matches
List A Matches