Ruchira Perera

Ruchira Perera

Personal information
Full name	Panagodage Don Ruchira Laksiri Perera
Born	(1977-04-06) 6 April 1977 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium-fast
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (1999-2007)
Test debut (cap 74)	24 February 1999 v India
Last Test	8 November 2002 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 98)	29 January 1999 v England
Last ODI	20 May 2007 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 9)	15 January 2006 v England
Last T20I	26 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

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.

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.