Shaminda Eranga

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Shaminda Eranga
Personal information
Full name Ranaweera Mudiyanselage Shaminda Eranga
Born (1986-06-23) 23 June 1986
Chilaw, Sri Lanka
Batting style Right-hand batsman
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
  • Sri Lanka
Test debut (cap 118) 16 September 2011 v Australia
Last Test 16 March 2013 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 147) 16 August 2011 v Australia
Last ODI 23 July 2013 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Chilaw Marians
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC List-A
Matches 7 13 50 43
Runs scored 49 17 916 180
Batting average 8.16 5.66 21.80 22.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/4 0/1
Top score 15 7** 100* 69*
Balls bowled 1,344 482 5,580 1,885
Wickets 21 16 112 51
Bowling average 37.19 27.93 31.20 29.82
5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/65 3/46 6/21 4/38
Catches/stumpings 3/- 5/- 26/- 19/-
Source: Cricinfo, 23 July 2013

Ranaweera Mudiyanselage Shaminda Eranga (born 23 June 1986) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He studied at St. Mary's College in Chilaw.

Shaminda made his One Day International debut for Sri Lanka on 16 August 2011 at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota against Australia.[1]

He made his test debut on September 16, 2011 and took a wicket with his first ball, becoming the 15th player to do so in the history of test cricket.[2]

His constant back injuries meant that he couldn't make the national team regularly after his Test debut, and his next international game came much later, in August 2012 against India, in which he made his Twenty20 International debut. By taking Gautam Gambhir's wicket in his very first over in that match, Eranga set a world record for being the only bowler to have taken a wicket in his first over in all formats of the game.

References

  1. ↑ "Shaminda made his ODI debut against Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2011. 
  2. ↑ "Sri Lanka makes early inroads". The Hindu. September 16, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011. 

External links

Sri Lanka squad – 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Runners-Up
Sri Lanka
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