Full name Mahamandige Sahan Rangana Wijeratne
Born August 27, 1984, Colombo
Current age 36 years 143 days
Major teams Chilaw Marians Cricket Club, Moors Sports Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Academy XI, Sri Lanka Board President's XI, Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI, Sri Lanka Schools XI, Sri Lanka Under-19s
Playing role Batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height 5 ft 8 in
Education Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 109 | 189 | 20 | 4636 | 156 | 27.43 | 9846 | 47.08 | 6 | 24 | 54 | 0 | ||
| List A | 69 | 59 | 8 | 1414 | 91 | 27.72 | 2482 | 56.97 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 0 | ||
| T20s | 13 | 11 | 3 | 267 | 74* | 33.37 | 245 | 108.97 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 109 | 1607 | 1001 | 19 | 2/4 | 52.68 | 3.73 | 84.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| List A | 69 | 823 | 623 | 18 | 3/34 | 3/34 | 34.61 | 4.54 | 45.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T20s | 13 | 6 | 84 | 133 | 5 | 5/21 | 5/21 | 26.60 | 9.50 | 16.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| First-class debut | 2001/02 |
| Last First-class | Moors Sports Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Burgher), Jan 26-28, 2018 scorecard |
| List A debut | 2002/03 |
| Last List A | Tincomalee District v Ampara District at Colombo (Burgher), Mar 25, 2017 scorecard |
| T20s debut | Nondescripts Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Oct 16, 2005 scorecard |
| Last T20s | Colts Cricket Club v Badureliya Sports Club at Colombo (NCC), Jan 20, 2016 scorecard |
| Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1, 0/0, 0, 0/5 | Moors | v Tamil Union | Colombo (Burgher) | 26 Jan 2018 | FC |
| 2, 2/97, 0 | Moors | v Sinhalese | Colombo (SSC) | 19 Jan 2018 | FC |
| 4, 17, 0/4 | Moors | v Bloomfield | Colombo (Bloomfield) | 28 Dec 2017 | FC |
| 45 | Moors | v Col CC | Colombo (CCC) | 15 Dec 2017 | FC |
| 0/24, 43, 1/20 | Moors | v Saracens | Colombo (Moors) | 8 Dec 2017 | FC |
| 21 | Ampara | v Tincomalee | Colombo (Burgher) | 25 Mar 2017 | LA |
| 4 | Ampara | v Batticaloa | Colombo (Burgher) | 22 Mar 2017 | LA |
| 30* | Ampara | v Tincomalee | Colombo (Burgher) | 18 Mar 2017 | LA |
| 27 | Ampara | v Batticaloa | Colombo (Burgher) | 15 Mar 2017 | LA |
| 0/10, 42, 0/23 | Badureliya | v Burgher | Moratuwa | 5 Feb 2017 | FC |
Sahan Wijeratne is a player who unfortunately didn't get much attention of the selectors after a brilliant performance at the School level. He captained Sri Lanka under 17 in 2001in the Asia cup held in Bangladesh. He also captained SL under 19 in 2003 and captained Chilaw Marians and Baduraliya CC in the premier club tournament. Sahan was one of the two outstanding schoolboy cricketers along with Dhammika Prasad selected by the Sri Lanka cricket to play in the Middlesex league in 2002 as a scholarship. Representing Chilaw Marians he scored a carrier best 234 against Bloomfield in the under 23 tournament in 2003.
Sep 8, 2004
Sahan Wijeratne
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Nov 14, 2001
Portrait of Sahan Wijeratne, 2001
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Sahan Wijeratne
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