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Brendon Kuruppu

 

 

Full name Don Sardha Brendon Priyantha Kuruppu
Born January 5, 1962, Colombo
Major teams Sri Lanka, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club,
Burgher Recreation Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 6s Ct St
Tests 4 7 1 320 201* 53.33 829 38.6 1 0 41 0 1
ODIs 54 52 1 1022 72 20.03 1978 51.66 0 4 30
First-class 48 79 7 2671 201* 37.09 5 13 47
List A 19 17 0 340 80 20 0 3 5

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 4 - - - - - - - - - - - -
ODIs 54 - - - - - - - - - - - -
First-class 48 - - - - - - - - - - - -
List A 19 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Career statistics
Test debut Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (CCC), Apr 16-21, 1987
Last Test England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, Aug 22-27, 1991
ODI debut Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (SSC), Apr 30, 1983
Last ODI Australia v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, May 2, 1990
First-class span 1982/83 - 1989/90
List A span 1983/84 - 1991/92

Profile

Greatness was firmly thrust upon Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-opener Brendon Kuruppu, but only for a day or two, as he became only the third person to score a double-century on his Test debut, against New Zealand - Richard Hadlee and all - in Colombo. Kuruppu did it the hard way too: his 777-minute innings is the slowest double-hundred in first-class history, all very out of character for a man who later made his reputation as a one-day slogger. It was his first first-class century, and his last Test century: Kuruppu only played four Tests, two of them in England, in 1988 and 1991.


Source :Cricinfo



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