Full Name

Waduthantrige Geeth Rasanga Kumarasiri Alwis

Born

December 21, 1987, Colombo

Age

36y 98d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

Playing Role

Allrounder

Height

5ft 7in

Education

Lumbini College

A batting allrounder, Geeth Alwis began his career at Lalith Athulathmudali Vidyalaya, Dehiwala, playing Under-15 cricket before joining Lumbini Vidyalaya to continue his A/Ls. He was batting at No. 8 for Lumbini when he was adviced by former school mate Ranil Dammika to open the batting, where he met with instant success. He joined Colts in 2006 and represented them in the U-23 tournament before switching to Saracens SC where he came under the watchful eyes of coach Dinesh Kumarasinghe. The coach identified a few flaws and corrected it by asking him to play forward by getting the bat in front of the pad. The change in technique worked as he responded with a double-century, scored in a day against Colombo CC in a Premier Tier 'A' match. The added responsibility of being his club's vice-captain and a stint with the English league (Gateshead Fell CC in the North East Premier League) has also improved Alwis' outlook. He made over 600 runs and captured 40 wickets last season and has been signed up for 2010. With 663 runs at 44.20 and 19 wickets for Saracens in the ongoing season, Alwis hopes to catch the attention of the national selectors.
Sa'adi Thawfeeq December 2009

Geeth Alwis Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC601016332821935.03535862.116173899330
List A474109039022.02137565.6707811110
T20s4221311*-1681.25000010

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC6092572727961026/367/7827.412.9256.1320
List A47371518986354/124/1228.173.8943.3100
T20s448255104/94/95.504.028.2100

Recent Matches of Geeth Alwis

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Chilaw CC vs Air Force SC190/621-Mar-2014MaggonaFC
Chilaw CC vs Badureliya9 & 20/1714-Mar-2014Colombo (Burgher)FC
Chilaw CC vs Colts CC11 & 131/5107-Mar-2014PanagodaFC
Chilaw CC vs Bloomfield117 & 190/20 & 0/428-Feb-2014Colombo (Bloomfield)FC
Chilaw CC vs SLPACC44 & 423/5321-Feb-2014Colombo (Colts)FC

Photos of Geeth Alwis

Geeth Alwis drives through the off side during his century