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Full name Kalutarage Eric Amila Upashantha
Born June 10, 1972, Kurunegala
Current age 36 years 40 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Cheshire,Colts Cricket Club,Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
3
0
10
6
3.33
38
26.31
0
0
1
0
0
0
ODIs
12
8
1
49
15
7.00
86
56.97
0
0
3
1
2
0
First-class
119
143
10
2754
82
20.70
0
16
73
0
List A
73
54
10
807
82
18.34
0
5
15
0
Twenty20
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
3
306
200
4
2/41
3/135
50.00
3.92
76.5
0
0
0
ODIs
12
12
564
481
12
4/37
4/37
40.08
5.11
47.0
1
0
0
First-class
119
12504
7407
294
8/65
25.19
3.55
42.5
7
0
List A
73
2613
2186
79
7/30
7/30
27.67
5.01
33.0
3
1
0
Twenty20
1
1
24
29
3
3/29
3/29
9.66
7.25
8.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), Feb 24-28, 1999 scorecard
Last Test
England v Sri Lanka at Manchester, Jun 13-17, 2002 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi, Oct 3, 1995 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Feb 3, 2001 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1990/91 - 2003/04
List A span
1991/92 - 2004/05
Only Twenty20
Colts Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club at Colombo (Moors), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Profile
A rangy fast medium bowler with a bustling approach to the wicket, Eric
Upashantha has been on the fringes of the Sri Lankan team for a number of
seasons, but inconsistent performances have stopped him from cementing a
permanent position despite Sri Lanka's dearth of pace bowlers. He made his
ODI debut on Sri Lanka's tour of Pakistan in 1995/96, after making the squad
during the proceeding tour of Australia, but failed to make an impact and
dropped out of the picture. Recalled for the Asian Test Championship in
1999, shortly before the World Cup in England, he played his only Test to
date against India at SSC. In the first innings he struggled - as did the
other seamers - bowled a vigorous spell in the second, capturing 2-41. In
the following Pepsi Cup he managed to impress sufficiently to earn a
position in the World Cup squad. In conditions that generally favoured the
seam bowlers his performances were disappointing. Failing to deliver with a
consistent action he struggled to control the ball, bowling an inconsistent
length and spraying the ball. Again he fell out of favour, returning to play
for Colts Cricket Club in the domestic competition. Since then he appeared
briefly during Sri Lanka's ODI tour of New Zealand in February 2001, before
being recalled to the squad for England as cover for the injured Dilhara
Fernando.(30.04.2002)
