Indika de Saram

Indika de Saram
Personal information
Full name Samantha Indika de Saram
Born (1973-09-02) 2 September 1973
Matara, Sri Lanka
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Role Wicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 79) 18 November 1999 v Zimbabwe
Last Test 12 March 2000 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 100) 22 August 1999 v Australia
Last ODI 20 April 2001 v Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 4 15 217 183
Runs scored 117 183 12,679 4,553
Batting average 23.40 16.63 39.13 28.63
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 28/68 4/30
Top score 39 38 237 138
Balls bowled 1,912 652
Wickets 27 11
Bowling average 43.33 43.90
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/27 2/5
Catches/stumpings 1/– 9/– 236/8 71/2
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 June 2015

Samantha Indika de Saram (born September 2, 1973 in Matara) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler who usually occupies the position of wicketkeeper.

A powerful batsman, Saram kept wicket and scored a vast number of runs for his school team, becoming one of the most reliable batsmen in the country, including an innings in which he alone scored 304 runs in just 149 balls. However, playing for his Test side, he was never really given a chance to shine, and he has not played a Test match for nearly six years, opting instead for the realms of Twenty20 cricket.

He has also played for Sultans of Sylhet in Bangladesh's NCL T20 Bangladesh.



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