asanka gurusinha Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
asanka gurusinha is a cricketer(sportsman) from Sri Lanka. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Asanka Pradeep Gurusinha
Born
September 16, 1966, Colombo
Age
57 years old
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Playing Role
Opening Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 41 | 147 | - | - |
Inn | 70 | 143 | - | - |
Runs | 2452 | 3902 | - | - |
Avg | 38.92 | 28.28 | - | - |
SR | 40.14 | 60.88 | - | - |
HS | 143 | 117 | - | - |
NO | 7 | 5 | - | - |
100s | 7 | 2 | - | - |
50s | 8 | 22 | - | - |
4s | 248 | 279 | - | - |
6s | 11 | 42 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 41 | 147 | - | - |
Inn | 39 | 55 | - | - |
Balls | 1408 | 1585 | - | - |
Runs | 681 | 1354 | - | - |
Wkt | 20 | 26 | - | - |
BBI | 7 / 2 | 25 / 2 | - | - |
BBM | 68 / 4 | 25 / 2 | - | - |
Eco | 2.9 | 5.13 | - | - |
Avg | 34.05 | 52.08 | - | - |
5W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Sri Lanka
- Nondescripts Cricket Club
- Sinhalese Sports Club
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Gurusinha started his career as a wicket keeper batsman before converting himself into a full fledged one. A gutsy cricketer, Gurusinha received praise for his one man shows in some losing causes like scoring 52 in a team score of 82 against India in Chandigarh, 1990. His career best score was an unbeaten 143 in a losing effort against Australia at the MCG. This was almost half of the entire team's score.
Gurusinha's brightest moment was the WC victory in 1996. He scored 3 fifties which included one in the finals against Australia and ended the tournament with a tally of 307 runs at 51.17. It took Gurusinha 9 years to score his first century in One Day International cricket, but he was always a picture of consistency. Gurusinha's career ended prematurely after he refused to return back home for a training camp after a season of club cricket in Melbourne.
Gurusinha now resides permanently in Melbourne. He has now made his career as group sales manager for Trader Classifieds, a company that publishes magazines and websites around Australia.
By Pradeep Krishnamurthy
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Wisden overview
A technically accomplished No. 3, Asanka Gurusinha was the rock on which the Sri Lankan batting was founded for 11 years. His gutsy lone battles earned the respect of opponents around the world: a Sri Lankan total of 82 in Chandigarh in 1990-91 contained an unbeaten Gurusinha half-century; at Melbourne in 1995-96, he scored 143 to his team-mates' 144; and with Aravinda de Silva's help, he turned the tables on Australia in the 1996 World Cup final with another half-century. He started Test cricket as a teenager as a wicketkeeper-batsman, but retired prematurely a year after the World Cup triumph after refusing to return home for training from a season of club cricket in Melbourne, where he now lives. He was badly missed. Simon Wilde