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Ruchira Perera

Sri Lanka

Full name Panagodage Don Ruchira Laksiri Perera

Born April 6, 1977, Colombo

Current age 32 years 94 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	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	8	9	6	33	11*	11.00	124	26.61	4	0	2
ODIs	19	7	2	8	4*	1.60	18	44.44	0	0	2
T20Is	2	2	2	0	0*	-	0	-	0	0	0
First-class	102	114	51	578	33*	9.17					44
List A	88	38	17	140	21*	6.66					16
Twenty20	3	3	2	1	1	1.00	3	33.33	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	102		13267	8021	330	7/40		24.30	3.62	40.2		11	1
List A	88		3761	3022	122	5/16	5/16	24.77	4.82	30.8	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	Basnahira South v Basnahira North at Colombo (RPS), Feb 26-Mar 1, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1998/99
Last List A	Badureliya Sports Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (Colts), Feb 5, 2009 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