Sachithra Serasinghe

Sachithra Serasinghe
Personal information
Full name
Serasinghe Pathiranage Sachithra Chaturanga
Born (1987-04-13) 13 April 1987 (age 37)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
RoleAllrounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Colts Cricket Club
FC debut8 December 2006 Colts Cricket Club v Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club
LA debut3 December 2006 Colts Cricket Club v Badureliya Sports Club
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 55 53 9
Runs scored 3115 1253 134
Batting average 45.80 31.32 16.75
100s/50s 8/14 1/8 0/0
Top score 154 104 37
Balls bowled 5323 1803 180
Wickets 99 42 15
Bowling average 29.13 27.85 13.66
5 wickets in innings 2 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/75 5/28 5/22
Catches/stumpings 31/0 18/0 4/0
Source: CricInfo, 9 July 2012

Serasinghe Pathiranage Sachithra Chaturanga (born 13 April 1987) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club. Sachithra has scored eight centuries and taken nearly 100 wickets for the Tamil Union club, Sri Lankan A team and the Sri Lankan Board XI.[1][2]

Early and domestic career

Sachithra was educated at Nalanda College Colombo and played cricket for Nalanda College first XI team from 2003 to 2004.

In March 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[3][4] The following month, he was also named in Dambulla's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[5] In August 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[6]

He was the leading run-scorer for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club in the 2018–19 Premier League Tournament, with 1,001 runs in ten matches.[7] In February 2019, Sri Lanka Cricket named him as the Player of the Tournament in the 2017–18 Premier League Tournament.[8] In March 2019, he was named in Dambulla's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Sachithra Serasinghe". CricInfo. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Sri Lanka's best first-class players who failed to win the Cap". The Papare. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  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. ^ "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Premier League Tournament Tier A, 2018/19 - Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  8. ^ "New contracts for domestic players; 2017/18 best performers rewarded". The Papare. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Squads, Fixtures announced for SLC Provincial 50 Overs Tournament". The Papare. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

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