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Sajeewa Weerakoon

Sri Lanka

Full name Sajeewa Weerakoon

Born February 17, 1978, Galle

Current age 31 years 264 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Burgher Recreation Club, Colts Cricket Club, Galle Cricket Club, Ruhuna, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
First-class	136	163	47	1746	90	15.05			4			87
List A	97	47	21	362	53*	13.92			1			36
Twenty20	16	7	1	77	28	12.83	69	111.59	0	6	3	5

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	136		26169	11279	559	7/40		20.17	2.58	46.8		31	9
List A	97		4328	2580	132	5/24	5/24	19.54	3.57	32.7	1	2	0
Twenty20	16	14	273	237	18	3/14	3/14	13.16	5.20	15.1	0	0	0

Career statistics

First-class debut	1995/96
Last First-class	Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Nov 6-8, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1997/98
Last List A	Moors Sports Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (Moors), Nov 4, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Burgher Recreation Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Ruhuna v Wayamba at Colombo (SSC), Apr 4, 2009 scorecard

Profile

The consistency with which Sajeewa Weerakoon, the left-arm spinner from Burgher RC, performed during the 2005 season for Sri Lanka A forced the hands of the selectors to finally include him in the national team to India for the three Tests ahead of established spinner Rangana Herath. Weerakoon has been knocking on the door for bigger honours for quite some time and the way he bowled this year against strong sides like South Africa A and New Zealand A confirmed the quality of his bowling. 2005 has been an outstanding year for him when he picked up 60 wickets for Sri Lanka A in seven first-class matches. His performance was one bright spark for the selectors who had been frustrated by the poor standards set by the batsmen. The consistency with which he has performed is not only consigned to the A team, but in the past three seasons he has won the best bowler award twice by topping 50 wickets in the Premier league for his club.

The former Sri Lanka captain and present A team manager, Anura Tennekoon, drew a close resemblance of Weerakoon's bowling action to another former Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Ajith de Silva. "Being quite tall Sajeewa is able to make use of his height to get that extra bit of bounce. He bowls a nagging line and length and uses the extra bounce."

Weerakoon picks the majority of his wickets by taking the ball away from the batsman towards the slips. He also bowls the arm ball for variation. So far he has proved his worth on pitches that have given him some kind of assistance. His real test comes when he bowls on flatter surfaces.
Saadi Thawfeeq (November 2005)