Full name Waduthantrige Geeth Rasanga Kumarasiri Alwis
Born December 21, 1987, Colombo
Current age 30 years 126 days
Major teams Chilaw Marians Cricket Club, Ruhuna, Saracens Sports Club, Sinhalese Sports Club
Playing role Allrounder
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height 5 ft 7 in
Education Lumbini College
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-class | 60 | 101 | 6 | 3328 | 219 | 35.03 | 5358 | 62.11 | 6 | 17 | 389 | 9 | 33 | 0 |
List A | 47 | 41 | 0 | 903 | 90 | 22.02 | 1375 | 65.67 | 0 | 7 | 81 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
T20s ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11* | - | 16 | 81.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-class | 60 | 92 | 5727 | 2796 | 102 | 6/36 | 7/78 | 27.41 | 2.92 | 56.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
List A | 47 | 37 | 1518 | 986 | 35 | 4/12 | 4/12 | 28.17 | 3.89 | 43.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
T20s ![]() |
4 | 4 | 82 | 55 | 10 | 4/9 | 4/9 | 5.50 | 4.02 | 8.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
First-class debut | Saracens Sports Club v Sri Lanka Army at Colombo (Burgher), Jan 18-20, 2008 scorecard |
Last First-class | Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club v Chilaw Marians Cricket Club at Kaluthara, Mar 21-23, 2014 scorecard |
List A debut | Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club v Saracens Sports Club at Colombo (Riffle), Nov 14, 2007 scorecard |
Last List A | Chilaw Marians Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club at Colombo (Moors), Dec 12, 2013 scorecard |
T20s debut | Ruhuna v Basnahira North at Pallekele, Feb 25, 2010 scorecard |
Last T20s | Police Sports Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo, Mar 30, 2012 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
19, 0/6 | Chilaw | v SL Air SC | Kaluthara | 21 Mar 2014 | FC |
9, 0/17, 2 | Chilaw | v Badureliya | Colombo (Burgher) | 14 Mar 2014 | FC |
11, 1/51, 13 | Chilaw | v Colts | Panagoda | 7 Mar 2014 | FC |
117, 0/20, 19, 0/4 | Chilaw | v Bloomfield | Colombo (Bloomfield) | 28 Feb 2014 | FC |
44, 3/53, 42 | Chilaw | v SLPACC | Colombo (Colts) | 21 Feb 2014 | FC |
0/34, 18, 75 | Chilaw | v Ragama | Colombo (RPS) | 14 Feb 2014 | FC |
60, 0/3, 9 | Chilaw | v Tamil Union | Colombo (PSS) | 7 Feb 2014 | FC |
0/10, 35, 1/5, 48 | Chilaw | v Panadura | Panadura | 31 Jan 2014 | FC |
10, 1/27, 21 | Chilaw | v Sinhalese | Colombo (SSC) | 24 Jan 2014 | FC |
12 | Chilaw | v SLPACC | Colombo (Moors) | 12 Dec 2013 | LA |
A batting allrounder, Geeth Alwis began his career at Lalith Athulathmudali Vidyalaya, Dehiwala, playing Under-15 cricket before joining Lumbini Vidyalaya to continue his A/Ls. He was batting at No. 8 for Lumbini when he was adviced by former school mate Ranil Dammika to open the batting, where he met with instant success. He joined Colts in 2006 and represented them in the U-23 tournament before switching to Saracens SC where he came under the watchful eyes of coach Dinesh Kumarasinghe. The coach identified a few flaws and corrected it by asking him to play forward by getting the bat in front of the pad. The change in technique worked as he responded with a double-century, scored in a day against Colombo CC in a Premier Tier 'A' match. The added responsibility of being his club's vice-captain and a stint with the English league (Gateshead Fell CC in the North East Premier League) has also improved Alwis' outlook. He made over 600 runs and captured 40 wickets last season and has been signed up for 2010. With 663 runs at
44.20 and 19 wickets for Saracens in the ongoing season, Alwis hopes to catch the attention of the national selectors.
Sa'adi Thawfeeq December 2009