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Full name Sangarange Don Anurasiri
Born February 25, 1966, Panadura
Current age 42 years 82 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Panadura Sports Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	6s	Ct
Tests	18	22	5	91	24	5.35			0	0	4
ODIs	45	18	12	62	11	10.33	143	43.35	0	0	10
First-class	116	139	32	1396	74	13.04			2		49
List A	56	21	13	105	28*	13.12			0		12

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	18	27	3973	1548	41	4/71	5/149	37.75	2.33	96.9	2	0	0
ODIs	45	43	2100	1464	32	3/40	3/40	45.75	4.18	65.6	0	0	0
First-class	116		24314	8313	418	8/53		19.88	2.05	58.1		33	9
List A	56		2724	1855	39	4/35	4/35	47.56	4.08	69.8	1	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (CCC), Mar 14-18, 1986 scorecard
Last Test	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Colombo (SSC), Jan 14-18, 1998 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Kandy, Mar 2, 1986 scorecard
Last ODI	India v Sri Lanka at Rajkot, Feb 15, 1994 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1984/85 - 1997/98
List A span	1985/86 - 1996/97

Profile

A steady left-arm orthodox spinner, Don Anurasiri had a static international career. After making his international debut at the age of 20, he remained around the fringes of the team for a number of seasons without ever cementing a permanent position. Whenever called upon he was a wholehearted performer, though at Test level his bowling lacked penetration, highlighted by the fact he never took a five wicket haul in 18 Tests. Capable of extended spells of sustained accurate bowling, willing to flight and turn the ball, Anurasiri was often used to contain the batsman on unresponsive wickets. He enjoyed his most successful series against the touring Australians in 1992-93, taking 10 wickets. Anurasiri's career at the international level appeared over when he fell out with the SL board in 1994. However, four years later he made a surprise comeback against Zimbabwe in the final Test in 1997-98. Spinning the ball away from the bat he provided a solid foil for Muttiah Muralitharan, capturing 3 for 65 and 1 for 41, and in the process helped Sri Lanka to victory. But he played only three more first-class games, and within six weeks of his final Test appearance his career was over.
Johann Jayasekera