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Full name Lalith Wasantha Silva Kaluperuma
Born June 25, 1949, Colombo
Current age 59 years 30 days
Major teams Ceylon,Sri Lanka
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Relations Brother - SMS Kaluperuma
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
4
1
12
11*
4.00
51
23.52
0
0
1
0
2
0
ODIs
4
3
3
33
14*
-
60
55.00
0
0
2
0
0
0
First-class
57
81
22
1023
96
17.33
0
3
48
0
List A
16
11
4
80
17
11.42
0
0
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
3
162
93
0
-
-
-
3.44
-
0
0
0
ODIs
4
4
208
137
2
1/35
1/35
68.50
3.95
104.0
0
0
0
First-class
57
3931
129
8/43
30.47
7
1
List A
16
636
414
14
4/35
4/35
29.57
3.90
45.4
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (PSS), Feb 17-21, 1982 scorecard
Last Test
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Faisalabad, Mar 14-19, 1982 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v West Indies at Manchester, Jun 7, 1975 scorecard
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (SSC), Feb 13, 1982 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1970/71 - 1982/83
List A span
1973/74 - 1982/83
Profile
Lalith Kaluperuma was an accomplished off spinner at domestic
level when Sri Lanka was granted Test status. Also capable in the
lower order with the bat, he failed to transfer his domestic form
to the international arena. Playing in Sri Lanka's inaugural Test
against England, one of three spinners, he was used sparingly as
the two de Silvas, D.S. and Ajith, shared the brunt of the
workload. Making the proceeding tour to Pakistan he was selected
for the second Test at Faisalabad, again he was overshadowed by
the de Silva's bowling only 6 overs in the match. He ended any
chances of further representative honors choosing to join the
tour of to South Africa in 1982/83. He later became a national selector and headed the selection panel in May 2005, taking over from Ashantha de Mel.
