Full name Wedagedara Sadeera Rashen Samarawickrama
Born August 30, 1995, Colombo
Current age 25 years 143 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Colts Cricket Club, Dambulla Viiking, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Under-19s
Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Education St. Josephs College
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 4 | 8 | 0 | 125 | 38 | 15.62 | 177 | 70.62 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
ODIs | 7 | 7 | 0 | 138 | 54 | 19.71 | 165 | 83.63 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
T20Is | 7 | 7 | 0 | 97 | 32 | 13.85 | 93 | 104.30 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
First-class | 54 | 94 | 3 | 3108 | 185 | 34.15 | 4360 | 71.28 | 6 | 17 | 415 | 20 | 82 | 10 |
List A | 64 | 62 | 6 | 1956 | 130 | 34.92 | 2203 | 88.78 | 4 | 13 | 210 | 13 | 46 | 22 |
T20s | 47 | 45 | 2 | 1107 | 100* | 25.74 | 907 | 122.05 | 1 | 7 | 114 | 16 | 29 | 19 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
ODIs | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
T20Is | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First-class | 54 | 2 | 42 | 35 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
List A | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
T20s | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Test debut | Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Dubai (DSC), Oct 6-10, 2017 scorecard |
Last Test | India v Sri Lanka at Delhi, Dec 2-6, 2017 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Oct 20, 2017 scorecard |
Last ODI | Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Sep 30, 2019 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
T20I debut | Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi, Oct 26, 2017 scorecard |
Last T20I | Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Oct 9, 2019 scorecard |
T20I statistics | |
First-class debut | Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club v Colts Cricket Club at Katunayake, Jan 16-18, 2015 scorecard |
Last First-class | Nondescripts Cricket Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (CCC), Aug 25-27, 2020 scorecard |
List A debut | Colts Cricket Club v Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Colts), Dec 5, 2014 scorecard |
Last List A | Colts Cricket Club v Saracens Sports Club at Colombo (Colts), Dec 19, 2019 scorecard |
T20s debut | Colts Cricket Club v Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club at Panagoda, Apr 4, 2015 scorecard |
Last T20s | Dambulla Viiking v Jaffna Stallions at Hambantota, Dec 7, 2020 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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3 | Viiking | v Stallions | Hambantota | 7 Dec 2020 | T20 |
1c/0s, 39, 72 | Colts | v Nondescripts | Colombo (CCC) | 25 Aug 2020 | FC |
12, 4 | Colts | v Chilaw | Colombo (SSC) | 20 Aug 2020 | FC |
14, 69 | Colts | v Ragama | Colombo (CCC) | 15 Aug 2020 | FC |
41 | Colts | v Saracens | Colombo (PSS) | 10 Aug 2020 | FC |
4 | SLC-BP-XI | v England | Colombo (PSS) | 12 Mar 2020 | Other |
0, 0c/0s, 3, 1c/0s | Colts | v Col CC | Colombo (CCC) | 6 Mar 2020 | FC |
66 | Colts | v Burgher | Colombo (Burgher) | 28 Feb 2020 | FC |
37, 1c/0s, 52, 1c/0s | Colts | v Moors | Colombo (Moors) | 21 Feb 2020 | FC |
0c/0s, 0 | SLC XI | v West Indians | Colombo (PSS) | 17 Feb 2020 | Other OD |
In the longest format, Sadeera Samarawickrama is a dashing wicketkeeper-batsman who plays in the middle order. In limited-overs cricket, he has routinely set his teams off to fast starts as an opener. In any case, few school leavers of his vintage have made such a successful transition to the senior level. The national selectors have taken notice.