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Full name Mohamed Marshuk Mohamed Suraj
Born January 30, 1985, Matara
Current age 23 years 252 days
Major teams Kandurata, Matara Sports Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Rahula College, Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Under-15s, Sri Lanka Under-19s
Also known as Suraj
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
First-class	37	48	9	565	91*	14.48	1247	45.30	2			29
List A	31	14	2	98	42*	8.16	230	42.60	0			9
Twenty20	8	3	1	32	20	16.00	19	168.42	0	1	2	2

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	37		6479	3563	137	9/62		26.00	3.29	47.2	4	8	2
List A	31		1077	880	38	5/27	5/27	23.15	4.90	28.3	0	1	0
Twenty20	8	6	114	124	5	2/18	2/18	24.80	6.52	22.8	0	0	0

Career statistics
First-class debut	2004
Last First-class	Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Nondescripts Cricket Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Mar 13-16, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	2004
Last List A	Kandurata v Wayamba at Colombo (SSC), Jan 13, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Sinhalese Sports Club v Badureliya Sports Club at Colombo (CCC), Oct 29, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Kandurata v Wayamba at Kurunegala, Apr 30, 2008 scorecard

Suraj Mohamed is another in the line of Sri Lankan spinners. He is now recognised as a good offspinner, but Suraj began his career as a right-arm fast bowler at junior level. When his school found that they had no spinner in their under-15 side, the coach requested him to switch over to bowling offbreaks. Starting as a part-time bowler, he was soon picking up wickets on a regular basis and started representing Matara SC while still at school. Twenty-three wickets in four matches in the under-23 tournament in 2003-04 did not go unnoticed by Marvan Atapattu and Mahela Jayawardene, who brought him over to SSC. Since then Suraj's career has been on the up, and he has benefited immensely in the presence of Atapattu and Jayawardene, learning how to bowl under pressure and to different fields. He insists, though, that the doosra is best left to Muttiah Muralitharan to perfect. "I will stick to my offbreaks and topspinners."
Saadi Thawfeeq (May 2005)