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Ishara Amerasinghe

Sri Lanka

Full name Merenna Koralage Don Ishara Amerasinghe

Born March 5, 1978, Colombo

Current age 33 years 344 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Burgher Recreation Club, Colts Cricket Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Wayamba

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	1	2	2	0	0*	-	25	0.00	0	0	0
ODIs	8	4	4	6	5*	-	9	66.66	1	0	1
First-class	101	106	58	334	46	6.95					31
List A	76	22	16	40	5*	6.66					10
Twenty20	6	2	2	4	2*	-	8	50.00	0	0	1

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	1	2	150	105	1	1/62	1/105	105.00	4.20	150.0	0	0	0
ODIs	8	8	426	363	9	3/44	3/44	40.33	5.11	47.3	0	0	0
First-class	101		11929	6000	250	5/12		24.00	3.01	47.7		7	1
List A	76		3031	2300	92	5/44	5/44	25.00	4.55	32.9	2	1	0
Twenty20	6	6	118	138	7	4/18	4/18	19.71	7.01	16.8	1	0	0

Career statistics

Only Test	West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 3-6, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi, May 18, 2007 scorecard
Last ODI	West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 10, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1997/98
Last First-class	Colts Cricket Club v Chilaw Marians Cricket Club at Colombo (Colts), May 6-8, 2011 scorecard
List A debut	1998/99
Last List A	Saracens Sports Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (Colts), Oct 21, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Colts Cricket Club v Badureliya Sports Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Oct 22, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Basnahira v Ruhuna at Colombo (RPS), Jul 27, 2011 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
1/37	Basnahira	v Ruhuna	Colombo (RPS)	27 Jul 2011	Twenty20
4/18	Basnahira	v Kandurata	Colombo (RPS)	26 Jul 2011	Twenty20
0, 2/6, 0/19	Colts	v Chilaw	Colombo (Colts)	6 May 2011	First-class
6*, 1/34, 1/30	Colts	v Badureliya	Colombo (Colts)	29 Apr 2011	First-class
6, 3/38, 11, 0/16	Colts	v Nondescripts	Colombo (Colts)	23 Oct 2009	First-class
2/55	Colts	v Saracens	Colombo (Colts)	21 Oct 2009	List A
0/18, 7, 1/38	Colts	v Chilaw	Colombo (Colts)	16 Oct 2009	First-class
0/31	Colts	v Sinhalese	Colombo (SSC)	9 Sep 2009	List A
0*, 0/55	SLC Dev XI	v N Zealand	Colombo (Colts)	7 Aug 2009	First-class
1/41	SLC Dev XI	v Pakistan A	Kurunegala	4 Aug 2009	Other match

Profile

A six-foot tall fast bowler with a high-arm action, Ishara Amerasinghe has the ability to generate pace, but for much of his career he has been plagued by a lack of accuracy. He has been a regular member of the Sri Lanka A squad since 1999, the season in which he performed outstandingly well, taking 58 wickets from 12 matches in the Premier League for Colombo Colts. That performance opened a window of opportunities for him to tour South Africa, with the A team, and then England. Some hard work at the nets with Champaka Ramanayake, the national fast-bowling coach, and A team coach Chandika Hathurusingha, resulted in an improved line and length. He toured England with the Sri Lankam team in 2002, but was kept waiting for another five years - partly owing to a back injury sustained during that tour - before making his ODI debut against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi after the 2007 World Cup. He toured Australia in early 2008 as a replacement for Dilhara Fernando, and played a Test and a few ODIs that season, but didn't do enough to keep his place in the national team.
Sa'adi Thawfeeq October 2009