Michael Roberts
Entering the portals of first class cricket relatively late — at the age of 22 — and breaking into the top ranks aged 29/30, Asela Gunaratne has inscribed his potential with a century accumulated at a good rate against Zimbabwe playing away. He can be classed as a batting allrounder. His career details are indicated below. it would seem that he is a late-developer.
Asela Gunaratne | Sri Lanka Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinf
Full name Downdegedara Asela Sampath Gunaratne
Born January 8, 1986, Kandy
Current age 30 years 305 days
Major teams Mohammedan Sporting Club, Sri Lanka Army Sports Club
Playing role Batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Height 5 ft 10 in
Education Rahula College
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| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 1 | 2 | 1 | 70 | 54 | 70.00 | 124 | 56.45 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| T20Is | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 12 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 68 | 115 | 13 | 4390 | 200* | 43.03 | 7671 | 57.22 | 10 | 21 | 485 | 38 | 80 | 0 |
| List A | 50 | 43 | 5 | 919 | 75* | 24.18 | 1389 | 66.16 | 0 | 4 | 97 | 7 | 22 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 419 | 87* | 20.95 | 361 | 116.06 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 1 | 1 | 18 | 23 | 0 | – | – | – | 7.66 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 1 | 1 | 17 | 22 | 0 | – | – | – | 7.76 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 68 | 65 | 2244 | 1202 | 34 | 3/27 | 5/57 | 35.35 | 3.21 | 66.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 50 | 36 | 960 | 620 | 26 | 5/12 | 5/12 | 23.84 | 3.87 | 36.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 23 | 22 | 346 | 423 | 20 | 5/10 | 5/10 | 21.15 | 7.33 | 17.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Only Test | Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, Oct 29-Nov 2, 2016 scorecard |
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| Only T20I | India v Sri Lanka at Visakhapatnam, Feb 14, 2016 scorecard |
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| First-class debut | Sri Lanka Army Sports Club v Moors Sports Club at Panagoda, Dec 12-14, 2008 scorecard |
| Last First-class | Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, Oct 29-Nov 2, 2016 scorecard |
| List A debut | Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club v Sri Lanka Army Sports Club at Colombo (PSS), Dec 10, 2008 scorecard |
| Last List A | Chilaw Marians Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Army Sports Club at Katunayake, Dec 16, 2015 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Udarata Rulers v Southern Express at Colombo (SSC), Jun 27, 2014 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | India v Sri Lanka at Visakhapatnam, Feb 14, 2016 scorecard |
| Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54, 0/23, 16* | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 29 Oct 2016 | Test # 2228 |
| 16, 0/19, 69 | Sri Lanka A | v W. Indies A | Dambulla | 18 Oct 2016 | FC |
| 0/61, 46, 0/8, 5 | Sri Lanka A | v W. Indies A | Pallekele | 11 Oct 2016 | FC |
| 3/27, 38, 2/30 | Sri Lanka A | v W. Indies A | Colombo (RPS) | 4 Oct 2016 | FC |
| 58, 0/31, 23 | Sri Lanka XI | v Australians | Colombo (PSS) | 18 Jul 2016 | FC |
| 28, 0/3, 160, 0/19 | SL Army | v SLPACC | Colombo (CCC) | 4 Mar 2016 | FC |
| 1, 0/6, 0/13, 37* | SL Army | v Saracens | Colombo (Bloomfield) | 26 Feb 2016 | FC |
| 0/11, 2, 0/8 | SL Army | v Chilaw | Colombo (CCC) | 19 Feb 2016 | FC |
| 4, 0/22 | Sri Lanka | v India | Visakhapatnam | 14 Feb 2016 | T20I # 499 |
| 6, 0/21 | Kurunegala W | v Guardians | Colombo (RPS) | 3 Feb 2016 | T20 |
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Sri Lanka A v West Indies A, Colombo, 3rd day…………..Gunaratne impresses as Sri Lanka A close in
Oct 6, 2016: Asela Gunaratne followed up an impressive 38 with two top-order wickets to help Sri Lanka A close in on victory against West Indies A, who ended day three nine wickets down in their second innings and only 55 in front
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SL A v Pakistan A, 1st unofficial Test, Colombo
Kusal, Gunaratne revive Sri Lanka A
May 8, 2015: Kusal Perera and Asela Gunaratne’s 198-run sixth-wicket stand remained unbroken and revived Sri Lanka A’s innings on the third day of the first unofficial Test against Pakistan A
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