Saliya Ahangama

Sri Lanka

Full name Franklyn Saliya Ahangama

Born September 14, 1959, Colombo

Current age 59 years 190 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Sinhalese Sports Club

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	3	3	1	11	11	5.50			0	0		0	1
ODIs	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
First-class	37	28	10	228	51	12.66			0	1			10
List A	7	1	1	13	13*	-			0	0			0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	3	6	801	348	18	5/52	8/124	19.33	2.60	44.5	0	1	0
ODIs	1	1	18	23	0	-	-	-	7.66	-	0	0	0
First-class	37		5287	2288	120	7/30		19.06	2.59	44.0		7	2
List A	7		246	200	9	4/36	4/36	22.22	4.87	27.3	1	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), Aug 30-Sep 4, 1985 scorecard
Last Test	Sri Lanka v India at Kandy, Sep 14-19, 1985 scorecard
Test statistics
Only ODI	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Oct 25, 1985 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1985/86 - 1995/96
List A span	1985/86 - 1990/91

Profile

Franklyn Saliya Ahangama had a meteoric rise to the Sri Lankan Test side. After making his first-class debut for the Sri Lankan Colts in 1985-86, he found himself thrust into the Test side to play India a mere two weeks later. He had a triumphant entry into Test cricket capturing the wicket of Mohammad Azharuddin with only his fourth ball finishing with a match analysis of 5 for 109. In the third Test at Kandy he returned a career-best 5 for 52, ending the three-Test series with 18 wickets at 19.33. Sri Lanka's lack of Test cricket and injuries prevented him from appearing in more, and despite touring England in 1988 and 1991 he never played another Test. He subsequently moved into broadcasting as a television commentator.

Saliya Ahangama

Sri Lanka

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