Ishara Amerasinghe

Ishara Amerasinghe
ඉෂාර අමරසිංහ
Personal information
Full name Merenna Koralage Don Ishara Amerasinghe
Born (1978-03-05) 5 March 1978
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 108) 3 April 2008 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 131) 18 May 2007 v Pakistan
Last ODI 10 April 2008 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1997/98 Burgher Recreation Club
1998/99 Colts Cricket Club
2000/01–2002/03 Nondescripts Cricket Club
2003/04 Colts Cricket Club
2004/05 Galle Cricket Club
2005/06–present Colts Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC List A
Matches 1 8 96 74
Runs scored 0 6 300 40
Batting average – – 6.52 6.66
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 0* 5* 46 5*
Balls bowled 150 426 11,496 2,947
Wickets 1 9 242 91
Bowling average 105.00 40.33 23.76 24.32
5 wickets in innings 0 0 7 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 n/a
Best bowling 1/62 3/44 5/12 5/44
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 29/– 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 March 2009

Merenna Koralage Don Ishara Amerasinghe (born 5 March 1978), or Ishara Amerasinghe, is a Sri Lankan cricketer who attended Nalanda College Colombo. A right-arm fast-medium bowler with a side-on action, Amerasinghe was named in the 30-man provincial squad for the 2007 World Cup. Samarasinghe is the 108th Sri Lanka Test Cap, where he debut against West Indies at Port of Spain West Indies in 2007/08.

International career

He is probably the second fastest bowler in Sri Lanka, behind Lasith Malinga. Despite not making it to the Caribbean he was selected in the Sri Lankan squad for a post World Cup tournament against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi. He made his One Day International debut in the first game of the series but failed to take a wicket. However, he made significant strides in the 2008 CB series, where he picked up 8 wickets at 35.75 each.

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