Tony Opatha

Tony Opatha
Personal information
Full name Antony Ralph Marinon Opatha
Born 5 August 1947
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
  • Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 6) 7 June 1975 v West Indies
Last ODI 16 June 1979 v India
Career statistics
Competition ODIs FC LA
Matches 5 39 20
Runs scored 29 790 100
Batting average 9.66 17.17 7.69
100s/50s 0/0 0/3 0/0
Top score 18 65 19
Balls bowled 253 n/a 1,092
Wickets 5 111 21
Bowling average 36.00 30.74 33.85
5 wickets in innings 0 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/31 6/91 3/20
Catches/stumpings 3/– 24/– 8/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 December 2014

Antony Ralph Marinon Opatha (born August 5, 1947, Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. A right-arm medium pace bowler, he played five One Day Internationals at the 1975 and 1979 Cricket World Cups.

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