Guy de Alwis

Sri Lanka

Full name Ronald Guy De Alwis

Born February 15, 1960, Colombo

Died January 12, 2013, Colombo (aged 52 years 332 days)

Major teams Sri Lanka, Sinhalese Sports Club

Batting style Right-hand bat

Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Relation Wife - SARC Silva, Brother - LK de Alwis

Explore Guy de Alwis's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	6s	Ct	St
Tests	11	19	0	152	28	8.00			0	2	21	2
ODIs	31	27	8	401	59*	21.10	512	78.32	2		27	3
First-class	37	50	4	673	74	14.63			1		69	6
List A	39	34	10	498	59*	20.75			2		37	5

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
List A	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Mar 4-6, 1983 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Feb 12-15, 1988 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Dunedin, Mar 2, 1983 scorecard
Last ODI	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Mar 31, 1988 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1982/83 - 1994/95
List A span	1982/83 - 1988/89

Profile

De Alwis had a constant tussle with Amal Silva to maintain the No.1 wicketkeeping berth. Quite tall, De Alwis was considered the superior keeper, though Silva held the upper hand in the batting stakes by quite a stretch. Mahes Goonatilleke's defection allowed de Alwis to make his debut on the 1982-83 tour of New Zealand. One of seven debutants in the first Test at Christchurch, de Alwis scored 0 and 3 and took one catch. Amal Silva was preferred in the next match, though De Alwis kept in all three Tests when New Zealand toured Sri Lanka. De Alwis's keeping was exemplary and while he made some handy scores in the lower order he could not convert them. Injury on the 1984 tour of England cost him his place, and Silva had a tremendous Test at Lords and kept his place with some solid knocks thereafter. In his further Tests - when Silva was injured or unwell - de Alwis kept tidily but his batting was below standard. Conversely in the one-day game de Alwis was quite a useful lower-order batsman.
Johann P Jayasekera

Guy de Alwis

Sri Lanka

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