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Full name Roger Gerard Christopher Ediriweera Wijesuriya
Born February 18, 1960, Moratuwa
Current age 48 years 159 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Colts Cricket Club,Moratuwa 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
100
50
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
First-class
42
47
17
486
77*
16.20
0
1
27
0
List A
22
10
7
68
24*
22.66
0
0
5
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
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
First-class
42
7014
2758
107
6/51
25.77
2.35
65.5
3
1
List A
22
1045
713
34
5/21
5/21
20.97
4.09
30.7
1
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Mar 22-27, 1982 scorecard
Last Test
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Nov 7-11, 1985 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Mar 12, 1982 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Hyderabad (Sind), Nov 3, 1985 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1978/79 - 1993/94
List A span
1978/79 - 1993/94
Profile
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. Rob Smyth
