Shehan Jayasuriya

Shehan Jayasuriya
ශෙහාන් ජයසූරිය
Personal information
Full name Gampalage Shehan Naveendra De Fonseka Gunawarna Jayasuriya
Born (1991-09-12) 12 September 1991
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Batting Left-handed
Bowling Right-arm offbreak
Role Batting all-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 167) 1 November 2015 v West Indies
Last ODI 17 September 2018 v Afghanistan
ODI shirt no. 31
T20I debut (cap 57) 1 August 2015 v Pakistan
Last T20I 17 March 2016 v Afghanistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016-17–present Chilaw Marians Cricket Club
Chittagong Kings
Kandurata Maroons
Moors Sports Club
Police Sports Club
2017–present Khulna Titans
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 8 10 38 54
Runs scored 69 156 2,475 1,636
Batting average 13.80 17.33 39.91 32.72
100s/50s -/- -/- 4/17 3/11
Top score 31 40 195 114
Balls bowled 138 95 3,691 1,890
Wickets 1 3 85 44
Bowling average 128.00 45.66 26.72 31.13
5 wickets in innings 0 0 6 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 n/a 0
Best bowling 1/15 1/37 6/72 5/52
Catches/stumpings 1/– 2/– 24/- 20/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 September 2018

Gampalage Shehan Naveendra De Fonseka Gunawarna Jayasuriya, or commonly Shehan Jayasuriya (Sinhalese: ශෙහාන් ජයසූරිය; born 12 September 1991), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays for Chilaw Marians in Sri Lankan domestic cricket. He is a quick-scoring left-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He was born in Colombo, and attended Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa.

Domestic career

Jayasuriya made his first-class cricket debut in October 2009 for Police Sports Club against Moratuwa Sports Club. His highest first-class score is 237, which he made off 218 balls for Chilaw Marians in their 378-run victory over Bloomfield in 2016-17.[1] In 2017-18, against Ragama, he opened both batting and bowling and dominated the match, taking 7 for 22 and 3 for 66 and scoring 80 in an innings victory; no other batsman in the match reached 40.[2]

In March 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[3][4] The following month, he was also named in Colombo's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[5] He was the leading run-scorer for Colombo in the tournament, with 326 runs in seven matches,[6] and was named as the player of the series.[7]

In August 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[8]

International career

He made his Twenty20 International debut for Sri Lanka against Pakistan on 1 August 2015.[9] He scored 40 runs off 32 balls including 3 fours and 2 sixes on his debut and took his first international wicket by bowling Shahid Afridi out. However, the match ended with a defeat for Sri Lanka. He made his One Day International debut for Sri Lanka against the West Indies on 1 November 2015, he got out for nought in his first innings, bowled by Sunil Narine. [10]

Shehan Jayasuriya
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Sri Lanka
Asian Games
2014 IncheonTeam

References

  1. "Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Chilaw Marians Cricket Club 2016-17". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. "Super Eight, Premier League Tournament Tier A at Colombo, Feb 6-9 2018". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  3. "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. "All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament". Daily Sports. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  5. "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  6. "2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament: Colombo Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  7. "Final, Sri Lanka Super Four Provincial Limited Over Tournament at Colombo, Jun 10 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  8. "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  9. "Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, 2nd T20I: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS), Aug 1, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  10. "West Indies tour of Sri Lanka, 1st ODI: Sri Lanka v West Indies at Colombo (RPS), Nov 1, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 1 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.


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