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Sadeera Samarawickrama

Wedagedara Sadeera Rashen Samarawickrama (Sinhala: වෙදගෙදර සදීර රෂේන් සමරවික්‍රම; born 30 August 1995), popularly as Sadeera Samarawickrama, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who represents the national team in all formats of the game.[1] He was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He is a past pupil of Thurstan College and St. Josephs College, Colombo,Sri Lanka.

Sadeera Samarawickrama
Personal information
Full name
Wedagedara Sadeera Rashen Samarawickrama
Born (1995-08-30) 30 August 1995 (age 29)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 143)6 October 2017 v Pakistan
Last Test2 February 2024 v Afghanistan
ODI debut (cap 185)20 October 2017 v Pakistan
Last ODI14 February 2024 v Afghanistan
ODI shirt no.23
T20I debut (cap 72)26 October 2017 v Pakistan
Last T20I21 February 2024 v Afghanistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–2020Colts
2015Colombo Commandos
2021Galle Gladiators
2022–presentJaffna Kings
2020–presentTamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 9 38 15 85
Runs scored 308 1,152 235 5,104
Batting average 23.69 37.39 16.78 37.25
100s/50s 1/0 1/8 0/1 14/20
Top score 104* 108 51 188
Catches/stumpings 15/2 9/0 8/2 132/23
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 February 2024

Domestic career

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He made the most runs in the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament, with a total of 1,016 from 10 matches and 19 innings.[2] In November 2017, he was named the best batsman in domestic cricket for the 2016–17 season at Sri Lanka Cricket's annual awards.[3]

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

In August 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[7] In February 2019, in the first day of the 2018–19 SLC Twenty20 Tournament, Samarawickrama scored an unbeaten century for Colts Cricket Club against Police Sports Club.[8] In March 2019, he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[9] In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Blues team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[10] In July 2022, he was signed by the Jaffna Kings for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[11]

International career

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Samarawickrama was part of the Sri Lankan team in the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2017 tournament.[12] He scored 45 runs in the final to win the low scoring match against Pakistan. This was the first time that Sri Lanka went onto win the tournament.[13][14]

In September 2017, he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.[15] He made his Test debut for Sri Lanka against Pakistan on 6 October 2017 in Sri Lanka's first day-night Test match.[16] In the first innings, he scored 38 runs and had a swift 68-run stand with centurion Dimuth Karunaratne. His inside-out drives to Yasir Shah was described similar to that of maestro Mahela Jayawardena's stroke play by critics.[17]

In October 2017, he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day Internationals (ODI) squad for their series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.[18] He made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka against Pakistan on 20 October 2017.[19] He was dismissed for nought in both matches, becoming the third batsman after Sachin Tendulkar and Kane Williamson to dismissed for nought in first two ODIs.

Later the same month, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series also against Pakistan.[20] He made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka against Pakistan on 26 October 2017, keeping wicket in the match.[21]

In May 2018, he was one of 33 cricketers to be awarded a national contract by Sri Lanka Cricket ahead of the 2018–19 season.[22][23] In June 2022, he was named in the Sri Lanka A squad for their matches against Australia A during Australia's tour of Sri Lanka.[24]

In April 2023, Samarawickrama returned to the Sri Lanka's Test squad after six years for their series against Ireland.[25] On 17 April 2023, during the first Test, he scored his maiden century in Test cricket,[26] and became the first Sri Lankan wicket-keeper to score a century since 2016.[27] His score of 104 runs was also the highest score by a Sri Lankan player while batting at Number 8 or lower in Tests.[28] In the second T20I against Afghanistan, Samarawickrama scored his maiden T20I fifty with 51 off 42 and eventually Sri Lanka won the match by 72 runs and sealed the series 2-0 with one game to spare.[29]

In May 2024, he was named in Sri Lanka’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[30]

References

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  1. ^ "Sadeera Samarawickrama". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Records: Premier League Tournament Tier A, 2016/17: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Gunaratne wins big at SLC's annual awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  5. ^ "All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament". Daily Sports. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  6. ^ "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  7. ^ "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Domestic T20 kick-starts with thrilling super over". The Papare. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Squads, Fixtures announced for SLC Provincial 50 Overs Tournament". The Papare. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Sri Lanka Cricket announce Invitational T20 squads and schedule". The Papare. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  11. ^ "LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Sri Lanka Under-23 Squad". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  13. ^ "Final: Pakistan Under-23s v Sri Lanka Under-23s at Chittagong, Apr 3, 2017 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  14. ^ "Results | ACC Emerging Teams Cup | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  15. ^ "Samarawickrama, Roshen Silva make Sri Lanka Test squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  16. ^ "2nd Test (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates and Pakistan at Dubai, Oct 6-10 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  17. ^ "Inside the heart of a Karunaratne classic". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  18. ^ "Sri Lanka bring in Sadeera Samarawickrama for Pakistan ODIs". CricBuzz. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  19. ^ "4th ODI (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates and Pakistan at Sharjah, Oct 20 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  20. ^ "Thisara Perera to captain Sri Lanka in Lahore". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  21. ^ "1st T20I (N), Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates and Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, Oct 26 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  22. ^ "Sri Lanka assign 33 national contracts with pay hike". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  23. ^ "Sri Lankan players to receive pay hike". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  24. ^ "Sri Lanka 'A' squads announced for Australia 'A' games". The Papare. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  25. ^ "Wicketkeeper returns after six-year hiatus as Sri Lanka name squad for Ireland Test". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  26. ^ "Jayasuriya five-for stuns Ireland after SL post 591". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  27. ^ "Jayasuriya stars as Sri Lanka devastate Ireland". SuperSport. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  28. ^ "Sadeera Samarawickrama ends 7-year drought by scoring his maiden century". Baba Cric. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  29. ^ "Mathews, bowlers rout Afghanistan to seal T20I series for Sri Lanka". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  30. ^ "Sri Lanka's Squad for ICC Men's T20I World Cup 2024". ScoreWaves. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
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