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Full name Ronald Guy De Alwis
Born February 15, 1959, Colombo
Current age 49 years 236 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Sinhalese Sports Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
11
19
0
152
28
8.00
0
0
2
21
2
ODIs
31
27
8
401
59*
21.10
512
78.32
0
2
27
3
First-class
37
50
4
673
74
14.63
0
1
69
6
List A
39
34
10
498
59*
20.75
0
2
37
5
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
11
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
31
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
37
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
List A
39
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Mar 4-6, 1983 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Feb 12-15, 1988 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Dunedin, Mar 2, 1983 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Mar 31, 1988 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1982/83 - 1994/95
List A span
1982/83 - 1988/89
Profile
De Alwis had a constant tussle with Amal Silva to maintain the No.1 wicketkeeping berth. Quite tall, De Alwis was considered the superior keeper, though Silva held the upper hand in the batting stakes by quite a stretch. Mahes
Goonatilleke's defection allowed de Alwis to make his debut on the 1982-83 tour of New Zealand. One of seven debutants in the first Test at Christchurch, de Alwis scored 0 and 3 and took one catch. Amal Silva was preferred in the next match, though De Alwis kept in all three Tests when New Zealand toured Sri Lanka. De Alwis's keeping was exemplary and while he made some handy scores in the lower order he could not convert them. Injury on the 1984 tour of England cost him his place, and Silva had a tremendous Test at Lords and kept his place with some solid knocks thereafter. In his further Tests - when Silva was injured or unwell - de Alwis kept tidily but his batting was below standard. Conversely in the one-day game de Alwis was quite a useful lower-order batsman.
Johann P Jayasekera
