A right-arm medium pace bowler, originally from Sri Lanka where at one time he was considered for the Test side, he was also capable of lusty hitting in the late order. He opened the bowling for UAE, and in the ICC Trophy in 1994 he was named the best bowler for his tournament haul of 18 wickets. He played for UAE in the 1996 World Cup with no discernable success.

Johanne Samarasekera Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	7	6	2	124	47*	31.00	215	57.67	8	0	1
FC	12	18	3	227	33	15.13	-	-	-	-	7
List A	10	8	3	131	47*	26.20	-	-	-	-	1

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
ODIs	7	7	294	236	4	1/17	1/17	59.00	4.81	73.5	0	0	0
FC	12	-	1376	845	29	6/45	-	29.13	3.68	47.4	-	3	1
List A	10	-	456	363	7	2/56	2/56	51.85	4.77	65.1	0	0	0

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ODI

Recent Matches of Johanne Samarasekera

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
U.A.E. vs Netherlands	--	0/36	01-Mar-1996	Lahore	ODI # 1069
U.A.E. vs New Zealand	47*	1/30	27-Feb-1996	Faisalabad	ODI # 1064
U.A.E. vs Pakistan	10	1/17	24-Feb-1996	Gujranwala	ODI # 1059
U.A.E. vs England	29	0/35	18-Feb-1996	Peshawar	ODI # 1053
U.A.E. vs South Africa	4	1/39	16-Feb-1996	Rawalpindi	ODI # 1049

Debut/Last Matches of Johanne Samarasekera

ODI Matches

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Debut

U.A.E. vs India at Sharjah - April 13, 1994

Last

Netherlands vs U.A.E. at Lahore - March 01, 1996

FC Matches

Span

1988/89 - 1988/89

List A Matches

Span

1993/94 - 1995/96