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Brendon Kuruppu
Sri Lanka
Player profile
Full name Don Sardha Brendon Priyantha Kuruppu
Born January 5, 1962, Colombo
Current age 47 years 3 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Burgher Recreation Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
4 |
7 |
1 |
320 |
201* |
53.33 |
829 |
38.60 |
1 |
0 |
41 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| ODIs |
54 |
52 |
1 |
1022 |
72 |
20.03 |
1978 |
51.66 |
0 |
4 |
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30 |
8 |
| First-class |
48 |
79 |
7 |
2671 |
201* |
37.09 |
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5 |
13 |
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47 |
10 |
| List A |
73 |
69 |
1 |
1362 |
80 |
20.02 |
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0 |
7 |
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35 |
2 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| ODIs |
54 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| First-class |
48 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| List A |
73 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (CCC), Apr 16-21, 1987 scorecard |
| Last Test |
England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, Aug 22-27, 1991 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (SSC), Apr 30, 1983 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
Australia v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, May 2, 1990 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class span |
1982/83 - 1991 |
| List A span |
1982/83 - 1991/92 |
Greatness was firmly thrust upon Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-opener Brendon Kuruppu, but only for a day or two, as he became only the third person to score a double-century on his Test debut, against New Zealand - Richard Hadlee and all - in Colombo. Kuruppu did it the hard way too: his 777-minute innings is the slowest double-hundred in first-class history, all very out of character for a man who later made his reputation as a one-day slogger. It was his first first-class century, and his last Test century: Kuruppu only played four Tests, two of them in England, in 1988 and 1991.
Rob Smyth
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