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Full name Panagodage Don Ruchira Laksiri Perera
Born April 6, 1977, Colombo
Current age 31 years 138 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Basnahira South,Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club,Colts Cricket Club,Sinhalese Sports Club
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm medium-fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
8
9
6
33
11*
11.00
124
26.61
0
0
4
0
2
0
ODIs
19
7
2
8
4*
1.60
18
44.44
0
0
0
0
2
0
T20Is
2
2
2
0
0*
-
0
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
First-class
94
105
46
569
33*
9.64
0
0
42
0
List A
84
36
15
120
21*
5.71
0
0
16
0
Twenty20
3
3
2
1
1
1.00
3
33.33
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
8
14
1130
661
17
3/40
5/138
38.88
3.50
66.4
0
0
0
ODIs
19
19
888
820
19
3/23
3/23
43.15
5.54
46.7
0
0
0
T20Is
2
2
42
77
0
-
-
-
11.00
-
0
0
0
First-class
94
12400
7471
307
7/40
24.33
3.61
40.3
11
1
List A
84
3566
2896
115
5/16
5/16
25.18
4.87
31.0
7
1
0
Twenty20
3
3
48
92
0
-
-
-
11.50
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), Feb 24-28, 1999 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, Nov 8-10, 2002 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v Sri Lanka at Perth, Jan 29, 1999 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi, May 20, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jun 15, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Auckland, Dec 26, 2006 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1996/97
Last First-class
Colts Cricket Club v Nondescripts Cricket Club at Colombo (Colts), Feb 14-17, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1998/99
Last List A
Basnahira North v Basnahira South at Colombo (SSC), Jan 8, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jun 15, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Feb 28, 2007 scorecard
Profile
Ruchira Perera is a lively and hard-working left-arm fast bowler with the
ability to swing the ball back into right-handers. He lost form and confidence
after his action was labelled suspect during Sri Lanka's early-season tour to
England in 2002. After advice from Darryl Foster, a bowling coach and
biomechanics expert at the University of Western Australia, he modified his
wrist position just before the point of delivery and that cleared the
problem with his elbow to the satisfaction of Sri Lanka authorities. But
although he returned to international duty in late 2002 against South
Africa, his self-belief seeped away and he lost effectiveness. During the
next two years he battled hard but gradually became disillusioned, and prior
to the recent Provincial Tournament was considering a career playing league
cricket in England. However, he regained form during the Provincial
Tournament and caught the eye of the selectors and was selected for the 2006 tour of England. He is considered hot-headed by many, and while that has made him a frequent visitor to the match referee's office, he's generally good for team spirit, bringing great humour to the dressing-room, and is respected for his commitment with ball in hand. Charlie Austin September 2006
