Asanka Gurusinha

Sri Lanka|Opening Batter

INTL CAREER: 1985 - 1996

Asanka Pradeep Gurusinha

Born

September 16, 1966, Colombo

Age

56y 191d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

Playing Role

Opening Batter

TEAMS

Sri Lanka

Nondescripts Cricket Club

Sinhalese Sports Club

Wisden overview
A technically accomplished No. 3, Asanka Gurusinha was the rock on which the Sri Lankan batting was founded for 11 years. His gutsy lone battles earned the respect of opponents around the world: a Sri Lankan total of 82 in Chandigarh in 1990-91 contained an unbeaten Gurusinha half-century; at Melbourne in 1995-96, he scored 143 to his team-mates' 144; and with Aravinda de Silva's help, he turned the tables on Australia in the 1996 World Cup final with another half-century. He started Test cricket as a teenager as a wicketkeeper-batsman, but retired prematurely a year after the World Cup triumph after refusing to return home for training from a season of club cricket in Melbourne, where he now lives. He was badly missed. Simon Wilde

Career Averages

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	6s	Ct
Test	41	70	7	2452	143	38.92	-	-	7	8	11	33
ODI	147	143	5	3902	117*	28.27	6409	60.88	2	22	-	49
FC	124	183	19	7169	162	43.71	-	-	20	32	-	89
List A	173	169	6	4365	117*	26.77	-	-	2	23	-	56

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Test	41	39	1408	681	20	2/7	4/68	34.05	2.90	70.4	0	0
ODI	147	55	1585	1354	26	2/25	2/25	52.07	5.12	60.9	0	0
FC	124	-	5142	2298	107	5/54	-	21.47	2.68	48.0	-	1
List A	173	-	2035	1676	39	3/36	3/36	42.97	4.94	52.1	0	0