Dulip Samaraweera

Dulip Prasanna Samaraweera (born 12 February 1972 in Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 7 Tests and 5 ODIs for his country from 1993 to 1995. He was a right-handed opening batsmen and occasional right arm off-spinner.

Dulip Samaraweera
දුලිප් සමරවීර
Personal information
Full nameDulip Prasanna Samaraweera
Born (1972-02-12) 12 February 1972
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
RoleCoach
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 60)8 December 1993 v West Indies
Last Test18 March 1995 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 73)3 November 1993 v West Indies
Last ODI20 February 1994 v India
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI
Matches 7 5
Runs scored 211 91
Batting average 15.07 22.75
100s/50s -/- -/-
Top score 42 49
Balls bowled - -
Wickets - -
Bowling average - -
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - n/a
Best bowling - -
Catches/stumpings 5/- 3/-
Source: Cricinfo, 4 July 2016

Family

His younger brother Thilan Samaraweera is also a former Test, ODI and T20I player of the Sri Lankan national cricket team.[1][2]

His brother in law Bathiya Perera is also a former first class cricketer of Sri Lanka.[1][3]

Domestic career

Playing for the Colts Cricket Club in Sri Lanka, Samaraweera made his first class debut in the 1991-92 season.[1]

He continued his first-class career for Colts until retiring in 2003. A strike rate of 53 in ODIs and 26 in Tests indicated that he was a dour player who did not score quickly. Although he never bowled at international level, he had 41 wickets to his name at first class level with an excellent average of 20. He scored over 7000 runs at first-class level including 16 centuries and 34 half centuries but never established himself at international level.[1]

International career

He was selected for the ODI team for his debut against the West Indies in Sharjah in November 1993, in which he only managed three runs.[4] He played four more times, aggregating 91 runs and making his top-scoring of 49 in a successful run-chase against India in Jalandhar in early 1994.[5] Despite top-scoring, he never played ODIs for Sri Lanka again.

He made his Test debut against the West Indies at Moratuwa in December 1993, after replacing Chandika Hathurusingha as an opener. He made a slow 16 from 107 balls on debut. He made his top score of 42 in his next Test against India in Lucknow and played the whole India series, before touring New Zealand in early 1995 when he played his final two Test matches. He was dropped, ending his international career, in which he failed to pass 50 in any of his 14 innings.[6]

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References
  1. "Dulip Samaraweera". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. "Thilan Samaraweera". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  3. "Bathiya Perera". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  4. "Full Scorecard of Sri Lanka vs West Indies, Sharjah Champions Trophy, 6th Match". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  5. "Full Scorecard of India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI 1994". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  6. "DP Samaraweera - Tests - Innings by innings list". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
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