Sadeera Samarawickrama

Sadeera Samarawickrama

Sri Lanka Right Handed Bat
t20 Int ALL TIME STATS
19 Mat
310 Runs
109.92 S/R
19.37 Avg
61 H/S

Personal Information

Full Name Wedagedara Sadeera Rashen Samarawickrama
Date of Birth August 30, 1995
Nationality Sri Lanka
Role Wicket-keeper batsman, Right-handed Batsman

Most Recent Matches

Match R BF 4s 6s S/R O R W E/R
CBJ vs GM 0 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
JT vs CBJ 4 6 0 0 66.67 0 0 0 0
NZ vs SL 8 17 0 0 47.06 0 0 0 0
SL vs NZ 5 4 0 0 125.00 0 0 0 0
SL vs WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 50 45 1261 1356 5 31.52 92.99 1 8 108 130 7 9 0
TESTs 9 14 308 407 1 23.69 75.67 1 0 104 40 2 15 2
T20Is 19 18 310 282 2 19.37 109.92 0 2 61 32 2 9 2
T20s 116 110 2683 2217 15 28.24 121.01 1 16 100 269 38 65 31
LISTAs 157 144 4545 5134 16 35.50 88.52 7 30 130 461 26 105 36
FIRSTCLASS 88 147 5165 7267 5 36.37 71.07 14 20 188 632 28 137 23
T10s 2 2 4 7 1 4.00 57.14 0 0 4 0 0 0 0

Bowling Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn O R W Avg E/R Best 5w 10w
ODIs 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TESTs 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T20Is 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T20s 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LISTAs 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FIRSTCLASS 88 6 15.0 81 0 0 5.40 0 0 0
T10s 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sadeera Samarawickrama News

Sri Lanka name 16-member squad for SL vs NZ 2024 Test series, Oshada Fernando and Sadeera Samarawickrama return Sri Lanka name 16-member squad for SL vs NZ 2024 Test series, Oshada Fernando and Sadeera Samarawickrama return
Sri Lanka name 16-member squad for SL vs NZ 2024 Test series, Oshada Fernando and Sadeera Samarawickrama return
3 changes Sri Lanka should make for the final ENG vs SL 2024 Test ft. Sadeera Samarawickrama 3 changes Sri Lanka should make for the final ENG vs SL 2024 Test ft. Sadeera Samarawickrama
3 changes Sri Lanka should make for the final ENG vs SL 2024 Test ft. Sadeera Samarawickrama
[Watch] Fired-up Sadeera Samarawickrama gives a send-off to Virat Kohli in the IND vs SL 3rd ODI [Watch] Fired-up Sadeera Samarawickrama gives a send-off to Virat Kohli in the IND vs SL 3rd ODI
[Watch] Fired-up Sadeera Samarawickrama gives a send-off to Virat Kohli in the IND vs SL 3rd ODI
[Watch] Mohammed Siraj finally strikes after pleading to Rohit Sharma for a review in IND vs SL 3rd ODI [Watch] Mohammed Siraj finally strikes after pleading to Rohit Sharma for a review in IND vs SL 3rd ODI
[Watch] Mohammed Siraj finally strikes after pleading to Rohit Sharma for a review in IND vs SL 3rd ODI
[Watch] Axar Patel sends back Sadeera Samarawickrama cheaply during India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI [Watch] Axar Patel sends back Sadeera Samarawickrama cheaply during India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI
[Watch] Axar Patel sends back Sadeera Samarawickrama cheaply during India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI

Sadeera Samarawickrama: A Brief Biography

Sadeera Samarawickrama Biography

Wedagedara Sadeera Rashen Samarawickrama or simply, Sadeera Samarawickrama is a Sri Lankan cricketer, born on 30 August, 1995.

The middle-order wicket keeper-batsman has made quite a name for himself at such an early age. He won the award for the best batsman for the season 2016-2017 at Sri Lanka Cricket’s annual awards in November 2017.

Early Days

Sadeera’s cricketing days started at his school, Colombo's Thurstan College, before moving to St. Joseph's in his senior years. He impressed with his batting skills even at the school level, scoring a remarkable 126 in St Joseph’s greatest cricketing contest.

His performance was so impressive, that it compelled the selectors to include him in the Sri Lanka Under-19 squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He continued his remarkable performances there too, scoring 265 runs while averaging 44.17.

He began his first-class career after that, playing for Colts Cricket Club. He averaged 26.40 in the first season and a decent 43.46 in the next. His third season was outstanding, where he was the top scorer with 1016 runs at a mammoth average of 59.76.

Debut and Afterwards

His vast potential was exposed after an impressive domestic season. He was selected for ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2017 tournament, where he carried his team to a win after scoring 45 runs in the final. He also made a whopping 185 off 223 balls against the strong bowling attack of England Lions in this tournament.

He played his first Test match later that year against Pakistan at the age of 22. He scored 38 runs in the match and impressed with his drives, which was compared to the likes of the celestial Mahela Jayawardene.

He was also included in the ODI series against Pakistan. However, he was dismissed at the score of 0 in his first two matches, thus becoming the third player after Sachin Tendulkar and Kane Williamson to score a duck in first two ODIs.

Sadeera Samarawickrama’s T20 debut also came against Pakistan on October 26th, 2017. He was the wicket-keeper in that match and scored 23, which was the highest score for his team that day.

Seeing potential on his debut, selectors picked him for Sri Lanka’s tour of India in November 2017. He opened Sri Lanka’s batting on many occasions in this series, but failed to churn out runs.

In Sadeera, Sri Lanka is looking to replace the vacuum created by the celebrated ex-opener Dilshan Tillakaratne. However, with only 12 international matches in his bag, the young prodigy has a long way to go and a ton of expectations to meet.