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Full name Demuni Nuwan Tharanga Zoysa
Born May 13, 1978, Colombo
Current age 30 years 206 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Basnahira South,Deccan Chargers,Sinhalese Sports Club
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
30
40
6
288
28*
8.47
695
41.43
0
0
31
5
4
0
ODIs
95
47
21
343
47*
13.19
358
95.81
0
0
29
7
13
0
First-class
104
125
24
1604
69
15.88
0
6
18
0
List A
163
89
27
946
50
15.25
0
1
22
0
Twenty20
7
6
2
78
36*
19.50
81
96.29
0
0
10
0
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
30
51
4422
2157
64
5/20
8/73
33.70
2.92
69.0
2
1
0
ODIs
95
93
4259
3213
108
5/26
5/26
29.75
4.52
39.4
2
1
0
First-class
104
13714
6530
280
7/58
23.32
2.85
48.9
7
0
List A
163
7253
5238
214
6/14
6/14
24.47
4.33
33.8
1
2
0
Twenty20
7
7
156
162
11
4/10
4/10
14.72
6.23
14.1
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Dunedin, Mar 7-10, 1997 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v Sri Lanka at Cairns, Jul 9-13, 2004 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Mar 25, 1997 scorecard
Last ODI
India v Sri Lanka at Kolkata, Feb 8, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1996/97
Last First-class
Sinhalese Sports Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (SSC), Nov 21-23, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1996/97
Last List A
Sinhalese Sports Club v Chilaw Marians Cricket Club at Colombo (SSC), Nov 19, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Burgher Recreation Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians at Hyderabad (Decc), May 18, 2008 scorecard
Profile
A left-arm seam bowler with a loping, rhythmical run-up and action, Zoysa has shown plenty of promise, but his career has so far been plagued by injuries. He was discarded after a disappointing tour to England in 2002, but he trained hard and regained pace, nip and bounce off the pitch. Most importantly, though, he returned with the delivery that moves back into the right-hander, a weapon that makes him a far more potent force.
A natural striker of the ball, he's also emerged as a useful lower-order strokeplayer. During the A tour to Kenya in 2003, he was even employed as a pinch-hitter to good effect, and, making his comeback to international cricket in the one-day series against Australia in 2003-04, Zoysa further underscored his batting potential with a matchwinning unbeaten 47 in the final match.
His bowling continued on its upward curve, culminating in a damaging five-wicket haul against South Africa in the one-day series in 2004-05. First spotted by Arjuna Ranatunga, who encouraged him to join the SSC in Colombo, he made his debut during the 1996-97 tour of New Zealand. In only his eighth Test, Zoysa achieved the rare feat of claiming a hat-trick off his first over of the match, against Zimbabwe at Harare in 1999-2000. His victims were accomplished top-order batsmen too - Trevor Gripper, Murray Goodwin and Neil Johnson.
Charlie Austin (September 2004)
