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Gayan Wijekoon

Sri Lanka

Full name Wijekoon Mudiyanselage Gayan Ramyakumara

Born December 21, 1976, Gampaha

Current age 40 years 211 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Basnahira North, Chilaw Marians Cricket Club, Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka A, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club

Playing role Allrounder

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Left-arm medium

Height 5 ft 10 in

Education Gurukula College

Wijekoon Mudiyanselage Gayan Ramyakumara

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Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	2	3	0	38	14	12.66	93	40.86	0	0	4	0	0
T20Is	3	2	1	1	1*	1.00	5	20.00	0	0	0	0	0
First-class	170	270	34	8807	150*	37.31			17	46			63
List A	145	128	13	2971	116	25.83			1	13			33
T20s	27	24	5	221	36*	11.63	226	97.78	0	0	14	4	3

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	2	3	114	66	2	2/49	2/49	33.00	3.47	57.0	0	0
T20Is	3	3	66	101	2	1/12	1/12	50.50	9.18	33.0	0	0
First-class	170		12524	6573	257	6/23		25.57	3.14	48.7		3
List A	145		5305	3413	141	6/33	6/33	24.20	3.86	37.6	2	3
T20s	27	25	398	488	18	4/24	4/24	27.11	7.35	22.1	1	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v West Indies at Colombo (SSC), Jul 13-16, 2005 scorecard
Last Test	Sri Lanka v West Indies at Kandy, Jul 22-25, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
T20I debut	Kenya v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, Sep 14, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, Sep 17, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1996/97
Last First-class	Colombo Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Army Sports Club at Colombo (CCC), Jan 24-26, 2014 scorecard
List A debut	1996/97
Last List A	Colombo Cricket Club v Nondescripts Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Jan 2, 2013 scorecard
T20s debut	Chilaw Marians Cricket Club v Galle Cricket Club at Colombo (Police), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last T20s	Chilaw Marians Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Army at Colombo (Moors), Mar 30, 2012 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
15, 18	Col CC	v SL Army	Colombo (CCC)	24 Jan 2014	FC
18, 63	Col CC	v SLPACC	Colombo (CCC)	30 Mar 2013	FC
120*	Col CC	v Badureliya	Kaluthara	22 Mar 2013	FC
104	Col CC	v Galle CC	Colombo (CCC)	15 Mar 2013	FC
52, 6	Col CC	v Nondescripts	Colombo (CCC)	1 Mar 2013	FC
8	Col CC	v Kurunegala Y	Kurunegala	15 Feb 2013	FC
0, 55	Col CC	v Tamil Union	Colombo (CCC)	8 Feb 2013	FC
0/6, 73, 14	Col CC	v SL Navy	Welisara	1 Feb 2013	FC
0/15, 20	Col CC	v Nondescripts	Colombo (NCC)	2 Jan 2013	LA
1	Col CC	v SLPACC	Colombo (CCC)	27 Dec 2012	LA

Profile

Gayan Wijekoon is an allrounder of considerable talent and has performed at every opportunity against touring sides and on tours with the Sri Lanka A team. However, a place in the national team has so far eluded him, with the selectors often opting for others with lesser performances ahead of Wijekoon. The nearest he came to selection was being part of the Test squad to New Zealand in 2004-05. A lively left-arm medium-pacer and a left-hand batsman, he opened both the batting and the bowling for Tamil Union for many years before joining Chilaw Marians CC in 2003-04. Upul Chandana and Mahela Jayawardene have been the major influences in Wijekoon's career so far. He made his international debut in the home Test series against West Indies in July 2005, though with limited success, picking up two wickets. He was recalled for the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa after a two-year hiatus and the following year made it to the probables squad for the Champions Trophy.

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