Ruchira Perera

Panagodage Don Ruchira Laksiri Perera (born 6 April 1977), commonly as Ruchira Perera is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played all formats. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler.

Ruchira Perera
Personal information
Full name
Panagodage Don Ruchira Laksiri Perera
Born (1977-04-06) 6 April 1977
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 74)24 February 1999 v India
Last Test8 November 2002 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 98)29 January 1999 v England
Last ODI20 May 2007 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 9)15 January 2006 v England
Last T20I26 December 2006 v New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I
Matches 8 17 2
Runs scored 33 8 0
Batting average 11.00 2.66
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 11* 4* 0*
Balls bowled 1,130 798 42
Wickets 17 17 0
Bowling average 38.88 38.88
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/40 3/23
Catches/stumpings 2/– 2/– 0/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 March 2017

International career

A lively bowler, with a wrist action highly modified with the assistance of bowling coach Daryl Foster in mid-2002, he made a high-profile return against South Africa, but had lost his effectiveness. Having considered a league career in England, he once again regained his form in the English domestic leagues. He was selected for the Sri Lankan tour of New Zealand in 2006 and played one game in the series. He was also selected in the squad to tour Australia. He opened the bowling attack with Chaminda Vaas but suffered a minor injury that made him miss a few games.

He was also a member of first Twenty20 International match of Sri Lanka in 2006, when he received T20I cap no. 9.

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