Athula Samarasekera Profile,
- Batter
Full Name: Athula Samarasekera
Birth Date: August 5, 1961 (64 Years)
Birth Place:
Nationality: Sri Lanka
Role: Batter
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
Teams: Sri Lanka
Batting Statistics
| Format | M | Inns | Runs | BF | NO | HS | AVG | S/R | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEST | 4 | 7 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 16.85 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ODI | 39 | 39 | 844 | 1207 | 2 | 76 | 22.81 | 69.92 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 57 | 57 | 1470 | 0 | 3 | 111 | 27.22 | - | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| First Class | 57 | 86 | 2737 | 0 | 5 | 191 | 33.79 | - | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling Performance
| Format | M | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEST | 4 | 2 | - | 104 | 3 | 3/104 | 34.66 | 3.25 | - | 0 |
| ODI | 39 | 11 | - | 291 | 0 | - | - | 5.16 | - | 0 |
| List A | 57 | 0 | - | 656 | 20 | 4/44 | 32.8 | 4.76 | - | 0 |
| First Class | 57 | 0 | - | 1821 | 46 | - | 39.58 | 2.89 | - | 0 |
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Athula Samarasekera – Stats, Records, Biography, Age & ICC Ranking
Athula Samarasekera plays cricket for the cricket team in International cricket. Athula Samarasekera was born on August 05, 1961. He is 64 as a Right Hand Bat.
If we talk about Athula Samarasekera’s Test career, he has played 4 Test matches and scored 118 runs, with an average of 16.85. MAR Samarasekera has hammered 0 fours and 1 sixes in the Test format. Athula Samarasekera’s highest individual score in Test cricket is 57. He played his recent Test Match at the Sector 16 Stadium against India in November 1990, where he scored runs in the first innings and 13 runs in the 2nd innings of the Test match.
In the One-day International career of Athula Samarasekera, he has played 39 ODI matches for the cricket team with 844 runs with an average of 22.81. MAR Samarasekera has smashed 0 fours and 0 big sixes in the ODI format. He played his recent ODI match against New Zealand in April 1994. MAR Samarasekera’s highest score in an ODI format is 76.