Full name Sajeewa Weerakoon
Born February 17, 1978, Galle
Current age 42 years 343 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Burgher Recreation Club, Colts Cricket Club, Galle Cricket Club, Ruhuna, Sri Lanka A, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, Victoria Sporting Club
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height 6 ft 0 in
Education St. Aloysius' College, Galle
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
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ODIs | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 192 | 227 | 67 | 2336 | 90 | 14.60 | 0 | 4 | 104 | 0 | ||||
List A | 157 | 80 | 42 | 480 | 53* | 12.63 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 0 | ||||
T20s | 31 | 14 | 5 | 97 | 28 | 10.77 | 87 | 111.49 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
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ODIs | 2 | 1 | 60 | 49 | 1 | 1/49 | 1/49 | 49.00 | 4.90 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 192 | 38193 | 17968 | 816 | 7/40 | 22.01 | 2.82 | 46.8 | 50 | 12 | |||
List A | 157 | 7079 | 4426 | 207 | 5/24 | 5/24 | 21.38 | 3.75 | 34.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
T20s | 31 | 29 | 585 | 567 | 39 | 3/14 | 3/14 | 14.53 | 5.81 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODI debut | Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS), Jun 13, 2012 scorecard |
Last ODI | Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS), Jun 16, 2012 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class debut | 1995/96 |
Last First-class | Badureliya Sports Club v Moors Sports Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Feb 1-3, 2018 scorecard |
List A debut | 1997/98 |
Last List A | Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club v Moors Sports Club at Kurunegala, Mar 18, 2018 scorecard |
T20s debut | Burgher Recreation Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard |
Last T20s | Galle Cricket Club v Saracens Sports Club at Colombo (PSS), Jan 21, 2016 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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1/31 | Moors | v Kurunegala Y | Kurunegala | 18 Mar 2018 | LA |
2*, 2/38 | Moors | v Saracens | Colombo (Moors) | 16 Mar 2018 | LA |
14*, 1/11 | Moors | v Panadura | Colombo (Moors) | 14 Mar 2018 | LA |
0* | Moors | v SLPACC | Colombo (Moors) | 10 Mar 2018 | LA |
3*, 0/56, 3/31 | Moors | v Badureliya | Colombo (Bloomfield) | 1 Feb 2018 | FC |
2/95, 0*, 0/47 | Moors | v Ragama | Colombo (Moors) | 12 Jan 2018 | FC |
0, 6/58, 4*, 2/85 | Moors | v Bloomfield | Colombo (Bloomfield) | 28 Dec 2017 | FC |
1/82 | Moors | v Col CC | Colombo (CCC) | 15 Dec 2017 | FC |
4, 2/97 | Galle CC | v Burgher | Colombo (Bloomfield) | 27 Jan 2017 | FC |
4*, 4/121, 1/43 | Galle CC | v Saracens | Colombo (Bloomfield) | 20 Jan 2017 | FC |
The consistency with which Sajeewa Weerakoon, the left-arm spinner from Burgher RC, performed during the 2005 season for Sri Lanka A forced the hands of the selectors to finally include him in the national team to India for the three Tests ahead of established spinner Rangana Herath. Weerakoon has been knocking on the door for bigger honours for quite some time and the way he bowled this year against strong sides like South Africa A and New Zealand A confirmed the quality of his bowling. 2005 has been an outstanding year for him when he picked up 60 wickets for Sri Lanka A in seven first-class matches. His performance was one bright spark for the selectors who had been frustrated by the poor standards set by the batsmen. The consistency with which he has performed is not only consigned to the A team, but in the past three seasons he has won the best bowler award twice by topping 50 wickets in the Premier league for his club.