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Asanka Gurusinha
Sri Lanka
Player profile
Full name Asanka Pradeep Gurusinha
Born September 16, 1966, Colombo
Current age 41 years 292 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Sinhalese Sports Club
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
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Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
41 |
70 |
7 |
2452 |
143 |
38.92 |
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7 |
8 |
11 |
33 |
0 |
| ODIs |
147 |
143 |
5 |
3902 |
117* |
28.27 |
6409 |
60.88 |
2 |
22 |
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49 |
0 |
| First-class |
124 |
183 |
19 |
7169 |
162 |
43.71 |
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20 |
32 |
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89 |
0 |
| List A |
173 |
169 |
6 |
4365 |
117* |
26.77 |
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2 |
23 |
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56 |
0 |
Bowling averages
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Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
41 |
39 |
1408 |
681 |
20 |
2/7 |
4/68 |
34.05 |
2.90 |
70.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
147 |
55 |
1585 |
1354 |
26 |
2/25 |
2/25 |
52.07 |
5.12 |
60.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
124 |
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5132 |
2298 |
107 |
5/54 |
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21.47 |
2.68 |
47.9 |
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1 |
0 |
| List A |
173 |
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2035 |
1676 |
39 |
3/36 |
3/36 |
42.97 |
4.94 |
52.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Nov 7-11, 1985 scorecard |
| Last Test |
Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Colombo (SSC), Sep 18-21, 1996 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Hyderabad (Sind), Nov 3, 1985 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Nov 8, 1996 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class span |
1984/85 - 1996/97 |
| List A span |
1984/85 - 1996/97 |
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
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Asanka Gurusinha on his way to 65 against Australia
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Trade card: 1996 world cup
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Gurusinha: Trade card bat 2 ball
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