Athula Samarasekera

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Athula Samarasekera

Personal information

Full name

Maitipage Athula Rohitha Samarasekera

Born

August 5, 1961 (age 52)
Galle

Height

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Batting style

Right-hand bat

Bowling style

Right-arm medium

International information

National side

Sri Lanka

Test debut (cap 42)

Aug 25–30 1988 v England

Last Test

December 12–17 1991 v Pakistan

ODI debut (cap 36)

Jun 9 1983 v Pakistan

Last ODI

Apr 18 1994 v New Zealand

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1983–1994

Colombo Cricket Club

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	ODIs	FC
Matches	4	39	57
Runs scored	118	844	2737
Batting average	16.85	22.81	33.79
100s/50s	–/1	–/4	6/13
Top score	57	76	191
Balls bowled	192	338	3774
Wickets	3	0	46
Bowling average	34.46	–	39.58
5 wickets in innings	–	–	–
10 wickets in match	–	n/a	–
Best bowling	2/38	–	3/31
Catches/stumpings	3/–	5/–	36/–

Source: , 5 June 2010

Maitipage Athula Rohitha Samarasekera (born August 5, 1961, in Galle) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who is currently working as a cricket coach in Australia. He was a hard hitting opening batsman and a medium fast bowler, who played four Tests and 39 ODIs between 1983 to 1994. Athula Samarasekera was a member of the Sri Lankan cricket teams participated for the cricket world cups in 1983 and 1992.

Athula Samarasekera started his cricket career at Mahinda College, Galle, where he had his education. Then he joined the Colombo Cricket Club where he subsequently became a permanent fixture of the team.

Athula currently lives in Victoria with his family. He works as a coach and teaches young cricketers in the art of batting and bowling. Tall and correct, he was an aggressive batsman and more than handy bowler, but failed to make his mark in international cricket with the limited opportunities he got.

References

Cricinfo article on Athula Samarasekera

External links

First ever successful 300+ run chase in ODI cricket

v t e Sri Lanka squad – 1983 Cricket World Cup

1 Mendis (c) 2 De Alwis (wk) 3 De Mel 4 DS De Silva 5 GN De Silva 6 Dias 7 Fernando 8 John 9 Kuruppu (wk) 10 Madugalle 11 Ranatunga 12 RJ Ratnayake 13 Samarasekera 14 Wettimuny

v t e Sri Lanka squad – 1992 Cricket World Cup

1 De Silva (c) 2 Anurasiri 3 Gurusinha 4 Hathurusingha 5 Jayasuriya 6 Kalpage 7 Mahanama 8 Ramanayake 9 Ranatunga 10 Labrooy 11 Samarasekera 12 Tillakaratne (wk) 13 Wickramasinghe 14 Wijegunawardene

Persondata
Name	Samarasekera, Athula
Alternative names
Short description	Sri Lankan cricketer
Date of birth	August 5, 1961
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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