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Full name Vinothen Bede John
Born May 27, 1960, Colombo
Current age 48 years 101 days
Major teams Sri Lanka
Also known as Vinothen John Bede Jeyarajasingham
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Other Referee
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
6
10
5
53
27*
10.60
120
44.16
0
0
3
1
2
0
ODIs
45
19
10
84
15
9.33
152
55.26
0
0
7
0
5
0
First-class
21
23
9
127
27*
9.07
0
0
4
0
List A
56
23
13
90
3*
9.00
0
0
6
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
6
9
1281
614
28
5/60
8/159
21.92
2.87
45.7
1
2
0
ODIs
45
45
2311
1655
34
3/28
3/28
48.67
4.29
67.9
0
0
0
First-class
21
3603
1875
74
6/58
25.33
3.12
48.6
6
0
List A
56
2827
1960
43
3/22
3/22
45.58
4.15
65.7
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Mar 4-6, 1983 scorecard
Last Test
England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, Aug 23-28, 1984 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v Sri Lanka at Amritsar, Sep 12, 1982 scorecard
Last ODI
England v Sri Lanka at Pune, Oct 30, 1987 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1981/82 - 1986/87
List A span
1982/83 - 1987/88
Profile
Vinod John had a brief but successful international career. A robust medium-pace bowler, John made his debut against New Zealand at Christchurch in 1982-83. The second Test highlighted his ability as he made inroads into the middle lower-order taking 5 for 60. In the return series in 1983-84, John consistently troubled the New Zealand batsman to capture 16 wickets in the three Tests. In the Lord's Test against England, his final Test match, he put in a wholehearted performance bowling 39.1 overs conceding a mere 98 runs, taking four wickets in the process. In the one-day format he had less success though he maintained a reasonable
economy rate.
Johann Jayasekera